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Happy Birthday 'Space Oddity': turning points for the biggest stars
15 career-making moments - from Bowie to Lana Del Rey
by Andrew Trendell | Photos by WENN.com/Press
11 July: On this day in 1969, David Bowie released 'Space Oddity' - the track that turned him from a struggling obscurity in arguably the most inventive and influential artist of the past 45 years.
Most bands and artists stride along modestly thoughout their careers, being consistently brilliant but never really bothering the mainstream. Others have a flicker of fame and then fade into nothing. Then there are some that have Eureka moments and completely explode - these are the turning points of those brilliant acts that suddenly become absolute huge.
Remember when Muse were just three weirdos from Devon? They still are, but now they're the supermassive. There was also a time when Biffy were just hairy lads destroying toilet venues and a time when 'Lana Del Rey' didn't even exist. But something happened where everything changed.
Here are 16 epic turning points in the careers of today's biggest and best artists.
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