With the too-soon death of Whitney Houston, it seemed fitting to see how the world of consumer behavior is affected by something such as this. The first place to turn to it to iTunes. As seen below, 9 musical items of Houston's (either a single, music video, or album) ended up on iTunes' Top 10 lists. Of the top 10 items trending in Yahoo! right now, 4 have to do with Houston.
Consumer's are obviously mourning the loss of an icon; and the way they remember her is through her music. It was no doubt that her songs would top the charts again. With a voice such as this, there is no better way to pay honor to her than to buy her songs and sing along (although none have a voice like her). I wouldn't be surprised if there is a new release of a "limited edition" The Bodyguard (or maybe, at least, RedBox will stock it this next month).
And to show that this is common...
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Interesting insight!! I recently joined twitter and it was crazy watching the tweets fly when the news popped about her passing.
ReplyDeleteWhile I was incorrect about RedBox having The Bodyguard in stock, it has been on Lifetime about 10 times in the past 2.5 weeks.
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