Commercial Performance
In February 2012, following Houston's death, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 6 with 64,000 copies sold. In Canada, the album jumped up to number 3 with 7,800 copies sold. On February 29, Houston became the first woman to place three albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart at the same time ("Whitney: the Greatest Hits" at #2, "The Bodyguard" at #6 and "Whitney Houston" at #9). On March 7, 2012 it made Houston the second female artist after "Adele to place two albums in the top five with Whitney: at # 2 and The Bodyguard Soundtrack at # 5."
Read more about this topic: Whitney: The Greatest Hits
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