Artists "Only Popular Until After You're Dead"

February 11, 2012, the world lost an icon.  Whitney Houston was found dead in her Hotel Room at which she was staying while visiting Los Angeles.  Whitney's wonderful voice brought her to the highest of fame, and also the lowest points in her life through drug abuse and instability.  In her life, Whitney's career earner 415 out of the 562 awards in which she was nominated for.  Due to her personal troubles, Whitney took a backseat to the fame to deal with personal issues surrounding scandal and drug abuse. After her death, her success seemed to go off the charts again with an outstanding resurgence of popularity. Her greatest hit "I Will Always Love You" originally written by Dolly Parton has climbed the charts and her record sales have soared.  Michael Jackson also showed extreme popularity post-mortem, despite his infamous public scandals, bringing in 8 million dollars in the United States and 20-30 million world wide.  Both artists will always be remembered for their unbelievable talent, however in their last years they had slipped out of the public eye.  The media has been on a frenzy, constantly blowing up tabloids of the singer's death and speculated causes of death and making thousands off of photographs.  It is interesting to see how this trend will effect the music market in the future.