David Bowie

David Robert Jones — David Bowie — refused to be a single thing for long. From the alien androgyny of Ziggy Stardust to the plastic soul of Young Americans, the Krautrock experimentation of the Berlin Trilogy, and the late-career elegance of Blackstar, he moved through genres and personas without ever losing the thread of his own unmistakable intelligence. He was a painter, an actor, a provocateur, and above all a musician of restless ambition. Blackstar, released two days before his death, was his final and perhaps most extraordinary statement.