They Will Always Love Her: Whitney Houston tops the download charts as fans remember her through the music

Whitney Houston has posthumously topped the download charts.


Houston, who passed away yesterday, is currently top of the iTunes’ chart, with her 1992 smash hit I Will Always Love You.


The spring release was a massive worldwide success, and a tie in with her hugely successful film with Kevin Costner, The Bodyguard.

Remembering through the music: Whitney Houston, who died yesterday aged 48, has shot to the top of the charts

According to recent reports, Houston’s body was found in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

The singer was allegedly in possession of prescription pills such as Xanex.

Houston's albums dominated Amazon's CD best seller chart, with The Greatest Hits at No. 1 and seven other Houston-related albums - including the soundtracks to The Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale - in the top ten.

The Greatest Hits' also topped Amazon's MP3 sales chart, and several of Houston's other releases filled the digital top 40.

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On iTunes, eight of Houston's albums were listed on the top 100 album sales chart, with The Greatest Hits once again taking the No. 1 slot and both the original and deluxe versions of her eponymous 1985 debut charting.

Houston sold more than 170 million albums and singles worldwide over the course of her career, winning two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards and 22 American Music Awards along the way.

According to the latest reports, Houston’s body was found in the bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

The singer was allegedly in possession of prescription pills such as Xanex.


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