Okay so I checked and Urban is right.
David Bowie did release those two songs as digital singles before releasing his digital album.
HOWEVER,
I still stand by my opinion.
David Bowie was the first to drop his digital album with ZERO commercial promotion or prior promotion.
David Bowie did not have ANY prior promotion before releasing those singles unlike Beyonce who had the Super Bowl, Pepsi Ad commercial, Inauguration singing showcase before she dropped her album.
It had been over decade since David Bowie released an album.
David Bowie released those singles as music videos and did not tell anyone. He also did not leak those singles to test the waters. He just went out and released those songs out of no where unlike Beyonce's team who tested the strength of her songs by leaking them before coming up with that
PR tactic to release the album all at once with music videos.
David Bowie is the KANG and the first to do it. That is my opinion and I am sticking to it! lol
He deserved more props for doing it because he did not have all that commercial saturated exposure like Beyonce did and his album still was successful.
He was the first to do it