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David Bowie<\/a><\/strong>‘s death left a gaping hole in the roster of living artists whose inspirational reach spanned genres, generations and modes of media, the British singer having made his mark on stage, screen, canvas and<\/em> the music world.<\/p>\n

After his surprising death in 2016<\/a> after a battle with cancer he told very few people about but methodically\u2014and creatively\u2014prepared to lose, countless people shared how much Bowie meant to them, be it his music, his style, his humor, his enduring relationship with his wife, Iman<\/a><\/strong>, or perhaps even his unforgettable turn in Labyrinth <\/em>that had touched them over the years.<\/p>\n

Today Bowie (aka Ziggy Stardust, aka the Thin White Duke, aka Jareth the Goblin King) would have turned 73. He released his final album, Blackstar<\/em>, on his 69th birthday, which was two days before he died. Flooding the elegiacal lyrics with even more poignancy, producer Tony Visconti confirmed that Blackstar<\/em>, which went on to win five Grammys, including Best Rock Song for the haunting title song, was a “parting gift” for his fans.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“He always did what he wanted to do,” Visconti said in a statement. “And he wanted to do it his way and he wanted to do it the best way. His death was no different from his life\u2014a work of Art.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Countless covers of his songs performed over the decades are only an indication of how just how much he influenced his fellow artists. Inspiration has also been mined from his shape-shifting individuality; his fearlessness; his approach to fashion; his business savvy; his curiosity; and the pointed critiques and protest language that we hear in his lyrics, as well as the inscrutable wordplay. The list goes on.<\/p>\n

<\/u>Check out these 10-and-beyond artists who ripped a page (or several) from the book of Bowie:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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1. Lady Gaga’s “Applause”: <\/strong>The art for the avowed Bowie acolyte’s ode to the headiness of “Fame” shows Gaga sporting a face of rainbow Ziggy Stardust-esque makeup and she’s rocking Bowie’s signature 1970s mullet. And with the singer-actress relighting the torch for glam rock and gender-bending appeal when she burst on the scene, consider her one of the master’s most avid disciples. <\/p>\n

“He is a true, true artist, and I don’t know if I ever went, ‘Oh, I’m going to be that way like this,’ or if I arrived upon it slowly, realizing it was my calling and that’s what drew me to him,” Gaga said on The Hollywood<\/em> Reporter<\/em>‘s Awards Chatter podcast<\/a> just days before Bowie died. “I don’t know. I just know that you can use the theater of your imagination to entertain people beyond their wildest dreams, and then you can put something inside of that that changes the world. And that to me is when you make something truly great as an artist.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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She ended up performing the Bowie tribute at the Grammys in 2016, a fast-paced, 6-minute ode to a lifetime that not everyone understood<\/a>, but which came straight from the deepest reaches of her heart.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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2. Beyonc\u00e9’s Surprise Album Drop: <\/strong>Not that Bey ever labeled herself a pioneer when it came to releasing a huge studio album without warning (though that sneak attack quickly became known as “pulling a Beyonc\u00e9,” after which Drake<\/a><\/strong> and others followed suit), but the Bowie faithful were quick to point out at the time that he had mastered the blindside first when he dropped the single “Where Are We Now?” on Jan. 8, 2013, and then revealed that the fruits of two years of secret labor\u2014his first studio album in 10 years, The Next Day<\/em>\u2014would be out soon.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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