Like great artists before her, Winehouse’s death has drastically increased her music sales. English singer and songwriter John Lennon, who was killed in 1980, had also achieved number one records after his death. Twelve days after his death John Lennon’s album Double Fantasy, which included the number one hit “(Just Like) Starting Over” reached the number one spot on the Billboard 200, stated a report by BBC. Similarly Telegraph affirms that pop star Michael Jackson achieved high album sales posthumously. Only two hours after his passing, Jackson’s hit album Thriller reached number one on iTunes and three days after his death, Michael Jackson’s most celebrated albums jumped from 121 to number one on the UK charts.
Similarly, after the confirmation of Winehouse’s passing, fans rushed to purchase her albums and songs. The Telegraph noted that sales for her five time Grammy winning album Back to Black increased 37 fold and attained the number one position on the both UK and USA iTunes 24 hours after her death. A CNN report informs that through downloading and purchase, fans managed to put the album back on the charts five years after its release.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 29th, 2011.
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@angela: I agree! There was no duty of care in regards to the welfare of Amy Winehouse - there never is when there's money to be made from an artist. And every time she took time away from every day life (like when she travelled to St Lucia for a much needed break) the Paparazzi followed! They never gave the poor kid a break. They constantly exploited her just so they could make money. It's disgusting and they should be ashamed of themselves. She was just a girl struggling to cope with her addictions, with her depression and with her eating disorder. Every chance they got they bandied her all through the media and all over the internet without a damn care about her as a human being. All they cared about were their headlines and how much they'd get for their photos.
I truly talented artist and a musical genius...died of drugs and boredom.... RIP
Yes absolutely hugely talented. It was widely known that she was in trouble/pain. Why was she not literally taken out of her environment and taken to a safe place where she could get help that she so needed. Shame on yourselves!