James Delahunty
25 Feb 2010 15:09
Apple has announced that the iTunes download store has reached a new milestone of 10 billion music downloads. The 10 billionth song, "Guess Things Happen That Way" by Johnny Cash, was purchased by Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Georgia. As the winner of the iTunes Countdown to 10 Billion Songs, Louie will receive a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card.
"We're grateful to all of our customers for helping us reach this amazing milestone," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of Internet Services. "We're proud that iTunes has become the number one music retailer in the world, and selling 10 billion songs is truly staggering."
Over 12 million songs are available from the iTunes store. It also offers 55,000 TV episodes and 8,500 movies for download. iTunes is the number one music retailer in the world and features the world’s largest music catalog.
Combined with the iPod, iTunes has been an incredible success story for Apple.