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It was easy to scoff two years ago when word leaked out that Amazon was launching its own digital music service. The Seattle-based online retailer wasn’t just mulling an iTunes-like download store - it was supposedly drawing up plans for a branded iPod-like device.

But Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos had a much better plan for a digital music offering than his naysayers realized. Ten months after its debut, Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500) has overtaken competitors like Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500) and…

Songwriters have found inspiration in all sorts of places, from transvestites to team tennis titans. Maggie Koerth-Baker has read between the liner notes to find out for whom 8 famous songs were written.

Written for: Afeni Shakur, who is, obviously, Tupacs mama. A fascinating character in her own right, Afeni Shakur was born Alice Fay Williams, but changed her name while working with the Black Panthers in the 1960s. In fact, Tupac (named…

The Juno soundtrack moves up one spot to claim the number one spot on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.

Keyshia Cole’s Just Like You re-enters the top ten by moving up four spots to number eight, selling 31,000 copies (a 21% sales increase from last week). Garth Brooks also re-enters the top ten with The Ultimate Hits, moving up five spots to…