was time, way back when, when six of Bowie's albums were in the British charts. Space Oddity, MWSTW, Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups

all of us are in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars

"It's the start of six ( including PinUps ) albums which collectively were in the British charts for umpteen weeks."

You made it sound like Space Oddity was the first album to chart.