David Bowie has an album.
David Bowie . In the UK , he was awarded nine platinum album certifications , eleven gold and eight silver , releasing eleven number-one albums . List of artists by number of UK Albums Chart number ones . It listed only physical album sales until 2007 , after which it has also included albums sold digitally , and from March 2015 , includes streamed tracks . The album chart was first published by Record Mirror on 28 July 1956 -- the album at number one that week was Songs for Swingin ' Lovers !