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July 31, 2007

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iTunes sells its three billionth track

Posted Jul. 31, ’07, 8:31 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | iTunes » iTunes Store

Three billion songsIt’s time for another exciting episode of “Occasional Apple Milestone,” the show where we talk about more or less arbitrary levels that Apple has achieved. With record sales of Macs and tons of iPods and iPhones continuing to be sold, some have wondered: “hey, what up with the iTunes Store?”

Well, here’s what up, dawgs. iTunes has “shipped” its three billionth track. That’s, to use pointless analogies, a track for almost every two people in the whole world. It’s enough tracks to stretch to the moon and back (assuming, of course, each track is a little over ten inches long).

Apple reached a billion tracks back in February of last year, which was just a couple months shy of iTunes’s third birthday. So, in about half the time it took them to reach one billion tracks, they’ve now sold two billion. Little surprise they’re now the third largest music retailer around.


1 Comments

Ldoza45 said:

Yeah....and NONE of the 3 billion songs can now be used by iTunes 7.3.1. in any iLife application!!!! Great programming guys!

iLife 08 better reconnect iTunes (all songs) to iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD.

....or fix iTunes 7.3.1 ASAP, please.

August 1, 2007 12:58 PM

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