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Singing from beyond the grave  Michael Jackson album. Copyright
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Jackson's forthcoming album is called This Is It  The first
"new" Michael Jackson track to emerge since his death has been
unveiled. Titled This Is It, the song is likely to be the tip of
the iceberg of posthumous releases.  Before his death, Jackson
had been hoping to reignite his career by writing and recording
with pop stars including, Akon and Ne-Yo. has said their music
was "fresh" and "melodic". Akon, meanwhile said he was "working
on a lot of ideas" with Jackson.  Jackson's estate has made no
secret of the fact that it wants to keep his memory alive while
exploiting the renewed interest in his music.  That means
Jackson will join a long list of artists for whom death has not
been a barrier to releasing new music.   Fourteen years after
the death of John Lennon, the three surviving members of the Fab
Four got back t