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February 26, 2008

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iTunes picks up the number two spot

Posted Feb. 26, ’08, 8:21 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | iTunes » iTunes Store

numbertwo.jpgI know you love numbers almost as much as we love numbers. And we love numbers a lot: almost as much as we love chocolate milkshakes. Almost. So today’s announcement from Apple that they’d assumed the number two position in US music retail, well it hit the spot.

Of course, “two” on its own isn’t enough to sate our appetite, and Apple obliged, citing 50 million iTunes customers and sales of over four billion tracks. That’s right: enough for almost two-thirds of the world to have their own copies of Coldplay’s latest hit single. Twenty million tracks were sold this past Christmas Day alone (ten million of them, admittedly, bought by Steve’s kids—shhhhhh) and Apple is still boasting the world’s largest online music catalog of over six million tracks from all the major labels and a bevy of indie producers as well. On the video side of things, Apple reiterated its plan to have 1,000 titles available by the end of the month (three days and counting, Cupertino).

The number two spot comes from a MusicWatch survey by the NPD Group which, if you’re interested in the fine print, counts one CD as twelve tracks. Which means that if everybody was out there buying copies of They Might Be Giant’s Apollo 18, the numbers might be slightly skewed. But I guess that seems unlikely.

With Apple occupying position numero dos, that leaves giganto retailer Wal-Mart as number one with a bullet. Watch your back, smiley.


2 Comments

Nate said:

Wow, an Apollo 18 reference; that made my day. "My evil twin..."

February 26, 2008 8:38 AM
Moe Author Profile Page said:

I love the Austin Powers #2 photo. Classic. Good job. Oh, and go iTunes. Just bring us those other labels DRM free and we are golden.

February 26, 2008 2:19 PM

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