iTunes Music Store hits billionth download
Published February 27th, 2006
Apple’s iTunes Music Store (iTMS) has reached another download milestone, with the announcement that one billion songs have been legally downloaded from iTMS since it was launched less than three years ago.
The billionth song “Speed of Sound” was purchased as part of Coldplay’s X&Y album by Alex Ostrovsky from the US state of Michigan. Ostrovsky will receive a 20-inch iMac, 10 fifth generation iPods and a $10,000 gift card good for any iTMS item. In addition, Apple will establish a scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music in his name to commemorate this milestone.
“I hope that every customer, artist and music company executive takes a moment … to reflect on what we’ve achieved together during the past three years,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, in a statement.
“Over one billion songs have now been legally purchased and downloaded around the globe, representing a major force against music piracy and the future of music distribution as we move from CDs to the internet.”
iTMS now features a selection of over 3,500 music videos, Pixar short films, 35,000 podcasts, 16,000 audiobooks and more than two million songs from the major music companies and independent record labels. Apple says iTMS is also the world’s most popular video download store with more than 15 million videos purchased and downloaded.
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