iTunes Radio Users Have Played 1 Billion Songs in a Month

At Tuesday's iPad event, Apple gave a brief glimpse at how iTunes Radio is performing since launching the streaming music service on Sept. 18.

Tim Cook revealed that iTunes Radio has 20 million "listeners," who have listened to 1 billion songs, so far. The music service is only available in the United States. Cook also mentioned Justin Timberlake premiered his 20/20 Experience Part 2 album on iTunes Radio, perhaps hinting at even more album premieres in the future

iTunes Radio — which is free with no ads for users of iTunes Match or costs $24.99 for a year of ad-free subscription — lets listeners create custom radio stations based on songs and artists as well as discover music through featured stations like genres Read more...