Whitney Houston: The Top Search Trends According To Yahoo

As you’ve probably heard by now, singer Whitney Houston died over the weekend. Yahoo emailed us a list of the top Whitney Houston-related search trends from the weekend. On the day of the Grammy...
Whitney Houston: The Top Search Trends According To Yahoo
Written by Chris Crum
  • As you’ve probably heard by now, singer Whitney Houston died over the weekend. Yahoo emailed us a list of the top Whitney Houston-related search trends from the weekend.

    On the day of the Grammy’s, “Whitney Houston” was the top search on Yahoo, followed by her daughter “Bobbi Kristina” (searches were up 1,082%). Searches for “Whitney Houston” this week on Yahoo are up over 31,600%, with 62% of searches coming from women, a spokesperson tells us.

    Of the searches for “Whitney Houston” this week on Yahoo, 37% are coming from people ages 30-44. Searches for “Michael Jackson” on the day of his death (June 25, 2009) were 20% higher than those for “Whitney Houston” on the day of hers, she says.

    Top Whitney Houston Searches on Saturday:

    Whitney Houston
    Whitney Houston Dead
    Did Whitney Houston Die
    Whitney Houston Death
    Whitney Houston Died
    Whitney Houston Songs
    Whitney Houston Dies
    How Did Whitney Houston Die
    Is Whitney Houston Dead
    Whitney Houston Daughter

    Spiking questions being searched on Yahoo this week:

    “Did Whitney Houston die?”
    “How did Whitney Houston die?”
    “When did Whitney Houston die?”
    “What happened to Whitney Houston?”
    “How old is Bobbi Kristina?”
    “What killed Whitney Houston?”
    “Who is Whitney Houston’s Godmother?”
    “Who found Whitney Houston dead?”
    “Where did Whitney Houston live?”
    “How many children did Whitney Houston have?”

    Top searched songs and performances:

    1. Whitney Houston National Anthem – searches this week on Yahoo! are up 3,879%.

    2. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You”

    3. Whitney Houston “I Look To You”

    4. Whitney Houston last performance

    5. Whitney Houston “The Bodyguard”

    6. Whitney Houston “Greatest Love of All”

    7. “One Moment in Time” Whitney Houston

    8. Whitney Houston “Jesus Loves Me”

    9. Whitney Houston “How Will I Know”

    10. Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance”

    Some popular image searches:

    “Bobbi Kristina cocaine pictures”

    “Whitney Houston latest photos”

    “Whitney Houston death photos”

    “Whitney Houston drug photos”

    “Last pictures of Whitney Houston”

    “Whitney Houston blood on leg”

    Searches for ex-husband “Bobby Brown” this week on Yahoo are up 14,779%, the company says. Searches for “Bobbi Kristina” are also spiking.

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