The death of Michael Jackson on Thursday has caused an increase in demand for his songs and for memorabilia.
The top nine selling items at Apple's iTunes Store were albums by Jackson, with first and second being a "hits" album and the 1982 album Thriller.
Amazon.com similarly reported selling more Jackson merchandise in the 24 hours following his death than it had sold in the preceding 11 years, and that sales of Jackson CDs accounted for 60% of its total business on Thursday. Yesterday morning the top seller in the album chart for Amazon's U.K. division was Off the Wall, followed by Bad and Thriller in second and third places.
In Las Vegas, 21 items of Jackson memorabilia, including handwritten lyrics for Jackson's song "Bad" and the shirt that Jackson wore on his Victory Tour in 1984, sold at auction for a total of USD$205,000, with the shirt, at USD$52,500 the most expensive individual item.
merchandise = products associated with a brand name
lyrics = the words to a song
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