Lost music after iOS5 update.

All of my music is gone from my iTunes account and iPhone 4 after updating to iOS5. I didn't lose contacts, pictures, apps or anything else, just music. Any suggestions on how to get it back or is it lost forever?

Music is not included in the backup.  Your music and other iTunes media should be in your iTunes library and syncing with iTunes should restore it to the phone.  Music purchased from the iTunes store can be redownloaded for free as explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519.

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