MJ Sales Exponentially Increase After Tragedy
And so it seems to be the way of the world, that when a huge talent dies, people only begin to pay attention to how great they really were. According to the latest figures around the world, since Michael Jackson's death last week there has been an exponential growth in the sales of music and memorabilia. In Australia alone, Sony music has reportedly sold in excess of 100,000 albums from MJ's back catalogue since his tragic death last Friday. According to an article on the Times Online, whenever there has been a tragic death of a music icon sales saw an instant spike immediately after they passed on - continuing to grow unstoppably as the years progress forward from the event. It's all relevant to the 'dead rockstar' effect, where the circumstances surronding the death of a star has a vacuous effect on fans. Look at Kurt Cobain, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Hendrix, Lennon... All of which have movies, documentaries and re-mastered editions of their musical back-catalogue. It's all part of the sick, sad capitalisation on the vulnerability of emotionally driven people. The record companies don't care about the music, because they're looking to make an absolute mint backing on to the tragic death of an icon. The commercial force of Jackson-inspired grief and nostalgia has already started to show, and expect it to do nothing but increase as we move further away from his death. Expect films, digital remasteries and t-shirts... It's all a part of the dead celebrity circus and most of us have already started buying our tickets to the show.
The Times article presents some fascinating figures, and you can read it here.
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