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ROCK MUSIC
TIMELINE
1991
- Janet Jackson becomes the highest paid female artist when she signs with Virgin Records.
- Electronic sales data from Nielsen Soundscan is used for the first time to compile the Billboard charts.
- The first Lollapalooza Festival tours the U.S.
- Alternative rock moves into the mainstream.
- Freddie Mercury of Queen dies of AIDS.
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