Why Didn't Everybody Buy Amy Winehouse Music Before She Died

Why do people buy the songs of recently deceased musicians? Amy Winehouse's songs came out quite recently (compared to, say, Michael Jackson) so why do people feel the need to buy her songs now rather than when they first came out?
—Chanda, via Facebook
You mean why did I just buy Frank this week—which I did—when I could have purchased it years ago, when it was just as good of an album?
Well, I found out for you...
According to Keith Caulfield, associate director of charts for Billboard, the reason why three Winehouse albums are currently near the top of the iTunes album charts is this: Many people really, truly, didn't know who she was before this week.
Really! I did. You did. But not everybody did.
"A lot of it has to do with people just discovering who an artist is," Caulfield says. "It's an ironic twist that many people don't learn of an artist until that artist passes away.
"Or there may be a lot of people who have known about her, and knew the songs she had, but didn't necessary make the connection. And when someone passes away, people make the connection for you."
(I myself didn't own Frank, only Back to Black, until this week. Unfortunately, it took the death of Winehouse, and public discussions of her discography, to remind me of that first album and give it a listen.)
Finally, there are those who are buying the music as a kind of memorial or appreciation.
And just how much are people buying? Hey, glad you asked.
Already, Back to Black reentered the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 albums chart this week.
In the meantime, crank up the volume, and let's all sing along to "F--k Me Pumps," with me and all my crew on the latest podcast.

David Beckham Shows Love for Baby Harper With New Tattoo

It's safe to say Harper Seven is going to be one heck of a daddy's girl.
From the day she was born, David Beckham has told the world just how enamored he's been with his little one, so it was only fitting that he honored his first daughter with some fresh ink.
Sitting at the bottom of Beckham's neck is "Harper" in curly cursive writing, which he gave fans a glimpse of during a recent television interview.
But, this isn't Becks' first foray into family body art.
The proud pop is known for his wide variety of tattoos, and already has one of Jesus carried by three cherubs, who symbolize his sons, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz. A tribute to wife Victoria is also on his famous bod, in the form of a 6-inch angel with the words, til death do us part.

The Hostel season 1 comes to an end and season 2 to air in September.

After airing the last episode (Ep.90)of the first season of the Hostel on thursday 28th July, filming of the second season has also been completed. According to to Solaire Munyana of Fast Track productions, filming was wrapped up on 7th July and the cast and crew are on a two month break. “They will be back for filming in September and Season 2 will air in September/October,” she said.
We certainly cannot wait for season two since season one brought alot of excitement with the show being nominated for the buzz teeniez awards 2011 teeniez TV show/drama and the girls of the hostel gracing the cover of the 28th issue of buzz magazine.
Season one ended with only cliff hangers; Hope finding out that she had a sibling she never knew about, Odoch opening up to Kitty after cheating on her, someone getting arrested, new relationships formed and so many broken.

Do artists need an education

Do artists need an education by The Katalist-swmasaba@yahoo.com
Correct me if am wrong but it is said that the teacher to student ratio is about 1 to 200 in Uganda. Tertiary institutions churn out about 4-5 hundred thousand children every year compared to about 50 thousand jobs created each year. These deficits make one think about whether it is worthwhile to even attend a class when some of our western counterparts run multi-national companies with a click of a mouse behind a cozy closed door somewhere in California or some expensive all paid for hotel.
One would argue that ignorance is far more expensive than an education. Artists brag about making millions even after dropping out of school. The same artists can barely read the fine print of their respect contracts that they often sign without much care.
An American rapper by the names of 50 cent managed to negotiate a deal that earned him 1 million dollars even before even stepping into the studio. A fit that has never been matched worldwide. Usually the money paid upfront  has to recuperated with future proceeds but his case was an exception thanks to his clever business acumen though I don’t think he cleared school. One can’t ignore that the circumstances in their area is far more different from ours. In Uganda, artists rise and fall every 6 months largely because of lack of a common sense academic approach to their respective careers.

DO ARTISTS NEED AN EDUCATION ???  It is clear that those who have an education have far more to offer than those that don’t. You can tell by the type of items that the various artists seem to purchase even when the money made is not that good. Why buy expensive cars, bogus real estate, large mansions and move around with ten people at a time, when all you need is a flat, one nice car, a few quiet businesses and good media appeal that attracts good elite sponsers. Having mentioned the later and the former it is safe to say that you can pretty much judge and see where these individual artists lie.
I guess the head teacher will not allow dreadlocks in the class or skimpy mini skirts moving around provocatively in the compound. However that having been said I think these artists really need an education because my guess is that 80% of them barely make it to the university which is where the true light of the world is witnessed. Nowadays, at least in Sub-Saharan Africa, an artist must attain at least a degree to be respectable in society unlike a statesman who only needs to crack a few sensational lines and get voted into office. What an awful picture !

Do you get a picture of how the system works. It is said that when you look at the grades earned in school one can conclude that the A’s end up working for the C’s while the B’s buy the products. The person who came into this conclusion basically was of the view that most A’s go corporate in companies created by the C’s while the B’s are the miscellaneous middle class. A fair state of affairs but one needs to have experience school to get the concept.

I do believe that these artists need to think of grabbing some books before grabbing the faulty microphones as is the case in Uganda I should say.