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iTunes celebrate 10 Billion milestone

26 February 2010

Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over 10 billion songs from the iTunes Store.

The 10 billionth song, Guess Things Happen That Way by Johnny Cash, was purchased by Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Georgia. As the winner of the iTunes Countdown to 10 Billion Songs, Louie will receive a US$10,000 iTunes Gift Card.

Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services, said: “We’re proud that iTunes has become the number one music retailer in the world, and selling 10 billion songs is truly staggering.”

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. In 2010, the iPod has become a second nature gadget, with the iPhone allowing Apple to yet again revolutionise digital content delivery

 

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