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Michael Jackson, March 5, 2009
Death Is Good for Business
Michael Jackson, 2009
Dying is the best career move an artist can make. It's harsh but true. Just as news agencies keep a filing cabinet of obits on hand in case someone drops, record companies regularly look for ways to breathe new life into dead stars. An artist who was merely popular while alive can go into eternal pop-culture orbit as a deified deceased star. In the two days after Michael Jackson's death, his music accounted for 60% of all sales on Amazon. As of this writing, Jackson holds the Top 10 songs and Top 5 albums spots on iTunes. Death is big business.
Michael will undoubtedly become immortalized now that he's moonwalked away. He'll also become a multi-million dollar industry. Sensing the circling vultures, Jackson's mother, Katherine, has already filed court papers to gain control of her son's estate. Hopefully, she'll manage the money better than he did.
Here are some other artists whose careers benefitted from their deaths. Warning: do not try this at home. Your results may not be the same.
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