The album returned to the UK chart on 31 January 1981, peaking at number 73, amid the New Romantic era that Bowie had helped inspire. It was followed by a reissue of "Aladdin Sane", which spent the first of 24 weeks on the chart in March 1982. After Bowie's death from cancer on 10 January 2016, the album reached a new peak of 21 in the US "Billboard" 200. It has sold an estimated 7.5 million copies worldwide, making it Bowie's second-best-selling album.