Early in his career he was once snubbed by The Beatles' Apple record label. Was the first major recording artist to release a song only on the Internet. On 5/12/13 NASA astronaut Chris Hadfield paid tribute to Bowie by singing the song "Space Oddity", which he did inside the ISS before returning to Earth.He was also ranked 29th in the BBC's 100 Greatest Britons poll in 2002.