Apple iTunes Witnesses 10 Billionth Song Sale

Apple iTunes Witnesses 10 Billionth Song Sale

Techtree News Staff, Feb 25, 2010 1344 hrs IST

The lucky guy who downloaded it won $10,000 worth iTunes gift card

Apple's popular music, movies, TV shows and podcasts offering software service iTunes hit a milestone couple of hours ago. At a special song download countdown page, Apple flaunts iTunes 10 billionth song download sale with a list of most downloaded songs. Co-incidentally, it happens to be Apple CEO Steve Jobs' 55 birthday and the 10 billionth iTunes Song download must've delighted him. One lucky person who downloaded the 10 billion song got $10,000 worth iTunes gift card.

Apple launched iTunes nine years ago and changed the way people listen to music with iPod product family. Out of the thousands of songs offered till date, the most downloaded track was from band Black Eyed Peas track 'I got feeling'. Then followed recent sensation Lady Gaga song - Poker face.

Last year, Apple had reduced the pricing for iTunes with the launch of the third generation iPod Touch. The Apple App Store celebrated its 1 billionth app download in April 2009.

After iTunes and App Store, we now anticipate iBook Store to show some downloading wonders for Apple. Let's wait till iPad arrives and see when the digital book store reaches millionth or billionth download. With portability and harmony amongst iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac systems and now iPad, all three stores sure have a long way to go.