Apart from music, David Bowie was an actor in both stage productions and a diverse range of films. Always aware of how important visual elements can be to music, he also pioneered the making of interesting and expermental music videos long before anything like MTV existed. I think it's difficult,if not impossible, for somebody as strange, uncompromising and avant-gard as bowi to find such mainstream,international popularity these days. But there are still many interesting artists around if you're willing to look beyond what's presented by mainstream media.