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Bruce Springsteen's The Rising climbed
the charts with stirring songs that
focused on the people affected by the
Sept. 11 attacks. The tribute album,
which was his first studio release of
all-new material since 1995, struck a
chord with a grieving public and served
as a cathartic diversion.

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Published by Riverhead Books, Kurt Michael Jackson caused an uprc
Cobain: The Journals sparked a whole by dangling his 9-month-old ba
new debate on the life and death of the off a four-story balcony in Berlin
troubled, yet influential, musician. An he greeted fans. The pop star la
800-page volume, the book consists of offered an apology, saying he |
23 of Cobain's private diaries, written caught up in the moment and woi
from 1987 up until his suicide in April never intentionally endanger the li
1994. of his children.

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Jam Master Jay died after a man A Vanessa Carlton, Avril Lavigne ►.
entered his recording studio and 4 and Michelle Branch were the
new kind of pop sensations this year
shot him during a recording session.
as teens turned away from the music
Jay, born Jason Mizell, was 37.
popularized by Britney Spears and
Mizell was a founding member of
pioneering rap group Run-DMC, Christina Aguilera. Lavigne's debut
which he heljied form with Run, album Let Go was the third biggest-
Joseph Simmons, and DMC, Darryl selling album of the year, and Lavigne
was nominated for five Grammy
McDaniels. ▲