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More Articles from Music Information: MORE RESOURCES: Music - Google News ABOVE: 2010 Mercury Music Prize winners The XX with Kim Dawson - Daily Star
Music review: Jessye Norman at Symphony gala - San Francisco Chronicle
Amazon buys (some of) digital music site Amie Street - Register
Your music library to go with ZumoCast - CNET
MTV Overtakes Vevo as Top Online Music Destination - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Review: Ping a handy iTunes add-on with promise - The Associated Press
'Glee' music update: Season opener spoiler, Morrison's album progress - USA Today
Music News: Kanye West wrote a song for Taylor Swift? - CollegeNews
Willow Smith Makes Music Debut With 'Whip My Hair' - MTV.com
The 2010 Video Music Awards White Carpet: Own A Piece Of History! - MTV.com
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