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iTunes Music Store Sold Song Number 50 Million |
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 "CUPERTINO, Calif., March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over 50 million songs from Apple's iTunes(R) Music Store, not including songs redeemed from the currently-running Pepsi iTunes promotion. The 50 millionth song, purchased last Thursday afternoon, was "The Path of Thorns" by Sarah McLachlan. iTunes users are now downloading 2.5 million songs per week, which is an annual run rate of 130 million songs per year."
"Crossing 50 million songs is a major milestone for iTunes and the emerging digital music era," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "With over 50 million songs already downloaded and an additional 2.5 million songs being downloaded every week, it's increasingly difficult to imagine others ever catching up with iTunes."
"Apple is the only company to offer a complete solution for buying, managing and listening to digital music anywhere with the unique combination of the iTunes digital music jukebox software, the pioneering iTunes Music Store and the market-leading iPod(TM) and iPod mini digital music players. All work seamlessly together to make the new digital music era accessible to everyone."
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| Jonahan |
3/17/04, 4:29 PM EDT |
50 million. That's a lot. Doesn't that inspire anyone else to comment about it?
50 million.
Damn.
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