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| Whitney Houston: Sony 'sorry' for album price hike | Whitney Houston: Sony 'sorry' for album price hike |
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| Record label Sony has apologised for increasing the price of two Whitney Houston albums in the UK, hours after her death on Saturday. | |
| The wholesale cost of the two LPs - Houston's Ultimate Collection and Greatest Hits - went up by about £3 each, causing an automatic price increase on iTunes. | The wholesale cost of the two LPs - Houston's Ultimate Collection and Greatest Hits - went up by about £3 each, causing an automatic price increase on iTunes. |
| In a statement, Sony said the albums had been "mistakenly mispriced". | In a statement, Sony said the albums had been "mistakenly mispriced". |
| It added the error was "immediately corrected" once it had been discovered. | It added the error was "immediately corrected" once it had been discovered. |
| Houston fans had taken to Twitter describing the price hike as "greedy" and "shameful". | Houston fans had taken to Twitter describing the price hike as "greedy" and "shameful". |
| Since Houston's death aged 48, her record sales have seen a major boost in the US and the UK. | Since Houston's death aged 48, her record sales have seen a major boost in the US and the UK. |
| Several of her songs are on course to re-enter the UK singles top 40 on Sunday with a greatest hits compilation heading for the top 10. | Several of her songs are on course to re-enter the UK singles top 40 on Sunday with a greatest hits compilation heading for the top 10. |
| Houston's cover of the Dolly Parton single, I Will Always Love You, is likely to reach the top 10 on Sunday. | Houston's cover of the Dolly Parton single, I Will Always Love You, is likely to reach the top 10 on Sunday. |
| The single, which featured in The Bodyguard, previously spent 10 weeks at number one and was the biggest selling single of 1992. | The single, which featured in The Bodyguard, previously spent 10 weeks at number one and was the biggest selling single of 1992. |
| Private service | Private service |
| Meanwhile, details of the singer's funeral have been announced. | Meanwhile, details of the singer's funeral have been announced. |
| She will be laid to rest during a private ceremony on 18 February in the New Jersey church where she sang as a child. | She will be laid to rest during a private ceremony on 18 February in the New Jersey church where she sang as a child. |
| No plans for a public memorial service have been announced. | No plans for a public memorial service have been announced. |
| Funeral home owner Carolyn Whigham said: "The family thanks all the fans, the friends and the media, but this time is their private time." | Funeral home owner Carolyn Whigham said: "The family thanks all the fans, the friends and the media, but this time is their private time." |
| Gospel singer and Grammy award-winner Marvin Winans will give the eulogy. | Gospel singer and Grammy award-winner Marvin Winans will give the eulogy. |
| Winans, who is also a pastor, married Houston and fellow singer Bobby Brown in 1992. | Winans, who is also a pastor, married Houston and fellow singer Bobby Brown in 1992. |
| "The loss, you can't place into words because it's like your sister," he told US TV network ABC. | "The loss, you can't place into words because it's like your sister," he told US TV network ABC. |
| "She became the sweetheart of America and it's hard to live up to those expectations." | "She became the sweetheart of America and it's hard to live up to those expectations." |
| The singer was discovered in a bath at a hotel in Beverly Hills. A post mortem is yet to determine the cause of her death. | The singer was discovered in a bath at a hotel in Beverly Hills. A post mortem is yet to determine the cause of her death. |
| Her body has since been flown to New Jersey and was driven to the funeral home in a gold hearse. | Her body has since been flown to New Jersey and was driven to the funeral home in a gold hearse. |