Monday, July 12, 2004
Apple Breaks 100 million iTunes Sold
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 09:30 AM
"Apple Computer reported Monday that its iTunes online digital music service crested 100 million downloads late Sunday. The milestone, which the company had been anticipating for several weeks, was achieved when 20-year-old Kevin Britten of Kansas downloaded the song "Somersault," performed by the band Zero7. As part of a promotion run by Apple, Britten will receive one of the company's 17-inch PowerBook notebook computers, along with a 40GB iPod digital media player and a gift certificate for 10,000 free downloads from iTunes."
Apple sold 1 million songs at 99 cents USD each, since first launching 14 months ago. Not bad. But what I find even more impressive is that when iTunes Europe launched, they sold 800,000 in the first week. Now that's an impressive number! I wonder why the European number was so high? Pent up demand that will flatten out, or a different cultural view of digital downloads?
Apple sold 1 million songs at 99 cents USD each, since first launching 14 months ago. Not bad. But what I find even more impressive is that when iTunes Europe launched, they sold 800,000 in the first week. Now that's an impressive number! I wonder why the European number was so high? Pent up demand that will flatten out, or a different cultural view of digital downloads?
