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Apple sells 500 million songs

Apple has in its “iTunes Music Store” now sold more than 500 million songs. The magic barrier was breached on Friday at 14:44 clock time of Californian Amy Geer from the U.S. state of Indiana. She bought the song Mississippi Girl by Faith Hill.

Apple thanked the winner with ten iPods, a gift certificate for 10,000 songs and four Coldplay tickets including backstage pass. It will come at a guaranteed meeting with the band.

The iTunes Music Store on 28 April 2003, first introduced on the U.S. market. After just one week Apple announced the sale of one million songs. Industry insiders made the ease of use and relatively balanced use rights for the success of the iTunes Music Store is responsible. Just over a year of service was then launched in Germany, where he can behind T-Online Musicload but only occupy the second place.

With the success of the iTunes Music Store also came the rise of the iPod. Industry giants like Microsoft have tried meanwhile, oppose the combination of player and download service thing, but with far more meager success. Currently, there is speculation about whether Apple will also sell video online.

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