Cancelled unwanted itunes update loses entire music library

So last night when my wife went to turn off her Macbook Pro, it started downloading updates without her permission. Not wanting itunes to update, she hit "cancel" and then found out that her entire music library of over 1000 songs all purchased from the itunes store was lost!!
Good job Apple! What exactly is happening to your company lately?

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash.
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