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February 6, 2013 09:39 pm GMT
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Apple Has Now Sold 25 Billion Songs in iTunes Store
Apple announced Wednesday that customers have purchased 25 billion songs from the iTunes store.
The 25 billionth song purchased was "Monkey Drums" by Chase Buch and it was bought by a man in Germany who will receive an iTunes gift card worth about $13,500.
"We are grateful to our users whose passion for music over the past 10 years has made iTunes the number one music retailer in the world, said Eddy Cue, Apples senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, in a statement. Cue added that iTunes users now download an average of more than 15,000 songs per minute through the service.
Apple launched the iTunes music store in 2003 and it took a little more than two yea…
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