Now you can keep all your digital music in one place. Whether you’re just starting to digitize your CDs or you’ve been downloading songs for years, it’s easy to add music to your iTunes library. From simple CD importing to the instant gratification of the iTunes Music Store, iTunes makes discovering and managing music fun, easy and legal.

Buy Music for A Song

Open 24/7 on Macs and Windows PCs, the iTunes Music Store is a smash hit, with music fans purchasing over 1 billion songs worldwide to date. Featuring more than 3 million songs from major music companies, independent labels and individual artists alike, the iTunes Music Store eliminates the hassle of subscription services and banishes annoying ads. For just 99¢ each, you get high-quality AAC music files that won’t disappear at the end of the month, or ever. What you buy is yours to keep. That’s fair to you and fair to artists.

Import in An Instant

To import songs into iTunes, just insert a CD into your computer and click Import CD. Or set up iTunes to automatically add music when you insert a CD. Either way, iTunes imports music in a snap. iTunes saves music from your CDs as high-quality AAC files — a format that builds upon state-of-the-art audio technology from Dolby Labs. But you can choose different audio formats, too. iTunes lets you convert music to MP3s at high bit-rate at no extra charge. Using AAC or MP3, you can store more than 100 songs in the same amount of space as a single CD. iTunes also supports the Apple Lossless format, which gives you CD-quality audio in about half the storage space.

Find Your Favorites

Cruise the store by genre — Rock, Jazz, Latin, New Age, Inspirational, Opera, R&B/Soul, Reggae and Soundtracks — or by artist or album. Double-click on a song to hear a 30-second sample. Search by entering the name of an artist or the title of a song — or even part of the name — in the search field. Too many results? Refine your search by artist, album or song name with the handy Search Bar. Even easier, just click a Quick Link on an artist in your library to see the band’s entire repertoire. You can even change the search type from music to podcast, iMix or audiobook, all from the Search Bar. Or sort songs and albums by popularity to see what’s selling like hotcakes on the iTunes Music Store. Once you find something you like, buy it instantly.

Your Two Cents

Have your say about everything you hear and see on the iTunes Music Store with new iTunes Customer Reviews. Post your own reviews and ratings, or read what other music fans have to say about songs, albums, TV shows and videos. As part of a worldwide community of more than 10 million strong, iTunes customers keep you up to speed on everything they download.

Discover New Music

The iTunes Music Store helps you find new music around every corner. Want some listening suggestions? Check out MiniStore, which appears right in your main iTunes window and highlights music on the iTunes Music Store based on the song you’ve selected in iTunes. Or click to the iTunes Music Store and find the Just For You section, where recommendations come personalized according to your past song purchases. Or download a new free single every Tuesday. To learn about new releases and exclusives, subscribe to the New Music Tuesdays email. Sign up for Artist Alerts to hear when new tracks by your favorite artists appear on the iTunes Music Store. Celebrity playlists give you a glimpse at your favorite stars’ taste in music. Album reviews, artist biographies and iTunes Essentials lists provide detailed information on artists and albums. Once you find an artist you like, you can easily flit from album to album for more. You’ll be delighted by your discoveries.

Manage All Your Music

Once music arrives in your iTunes library, the real fun begins. Burn songs onto an unlimited number of CDs for your personal use, sync music to an unlimited number of iPods and play songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store on up to five Macs or Windows PCs. Organize your music into playlists. Play DJ with Party Shuffle — a dynamic playlist iTunes creates from your entire library or a designated playlist. Share your love of music by publishing an iMix to the iTunes Music Store or share music over a local network. Give songs, albums and playlists to anyone with an email address, or buy iTunes Music Cards and gift certificates. Set up music allowances for kids, and protect younger ears from unwanted content with parental controls. Mix things up with Smart Shuffle, which allows you to adjust random playback to play more of what you like. You can even play it on your computer and your home stereo — or stereos in multiple rooms — at the same time, courtesy of AirPort Express with AirTunes. So you can dance to the same grooves, wherever you are in your house.

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