iTunes Music Store Tops Two Million Song Downloads

Apple today announced that over two million songs have been purchased and downloaded from its revolutionaryiTunes Music Store for US customers since its debut 16 days ago.Continuing the trend set during the first week, over half of the songspurchased to date were purchased as albums, further dispelling concerns thatselling music on a per-track basis will destroy album sales.

“Response to the iTunes Music Store has been phenomenal — we've clearly hit a chord with users”, said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. “We're adding new songs every day, giving music lovers even more reasons to legally download their favourite music”.

The iTunes Music Store lets customers quickly find, purchase and downloadthe music they want for just 99 cents per song, without subscription fees.The iTunes Music Store offers groundbreaking personal use rights, includingburning songs onto an unlimited number of CDs for personal use, listening tosongs on an unlimited number of iPods, playing songs on up to threeMacintosh computers, and using songs in any application on the Mac,including iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD.

Over 4,300 new songs were added to the iTunes Music Store yesterday,including five albums from The Doors; new featured artist Fischerspooner'salbum “#1” plus an exclusive remix of their hit “Emerge”; new albums fromCold, Lizz Wright and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs; pre-release tracks from upcomingalbums by Michelle Branch, Da Brat, Jesse Harris and Kenna; and, completingher catalogue of music now available on the store, Alanis Morissette'salbums “Under Rug Swept” and “Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie”.Additionally, albums representing diverse genres of music — from rock andalternative to jazz and classical — were added from artists including JohnColtrane, Charles Mingus, Nina Simone, Paul Oakenfold and Staind.

The iTunes Music Store features over 200,000 songs from major musiccompanies including BMG, EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal and Warnerso music fans can easily find the music they love or discover exclusivetracks and download* them directly into their iTunes** 4 music library withone-click. Songs are downloaded in pristine digital quality and can beburned onto an unlimited number of CDs for personal use, played on up tothree Macintosh computers, listened to on an unlimited number of iPods, andused in other Mac applications, including iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD.

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