By RYAN NAKASHIMA, AP Business Writer
LOS ANGELES – Whitney Houston’s career is getting a post-mortem boost, but it isn’t likely to be as big as the one that enriched the King of Pop’s estate after his death.
Like the late Michael Jackson, Houston was in the midst of an attempted career revival. She was found dead at age 48 on Saturday in her Los Angeles hotel room on the eve of the Grammys, a stage she once ruled.
It could be weeks before the coroner’s office completes toxicology tests that could establish the cause of death.
In an outpouring of grief – and a desire to remember her soaring voice and upbeat personality – Houston’s fans have propelled her decades-old recordings to the top of sales charts on iTunes and Amazon.com. Twitter recorded more than 2.5 million Tweets about her within two hours of her death.