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April 15, 2008

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AmazonMP3 on the rise, iTunes still higher

Posted Apr. 15, ’08, 9:59 AM PT by Cyrus Farivar
Category | Apple » Rivals

A new report out from the good folks at NPD Group says that while AmazonMP3 is on the rise, it hasn’t at all taken a bite out of iTunes’ success.

iTunes recently became the number one of music retailers worldwide (beating out Wal-Mart), while Amazon says that it comes in number two in the number of single tracks downloaded.

Is Amazon nipping at Apple’s heels? Maybe.

Or maybe not: That’s not to say that Amazon is close to Apple in sales. According to NPD, iTunes digital music sales are still 10 times that of AmazonMP3 on a unit basis.


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