Like Apple App Store, the Apple iTunes is an immensely successful online store. On February 24, 2010, the iTunes sold its ten billionth music tracks. Apple launched the iTunes store in 2003. Initially, the store only sold music tracks. Later, it started selling videos, podcasts, TV shows and other entertainment contents. The interesting thing about the iTunes store is that it reached five billion download in five years but it crossed the next five billion mark in less than two years. In 2006, the store crossed one billion mark. In July 2007, it reached 3 billion and by June 2008, the store crossed 5 billion mark.
Among the downloaded tracks, “I Gotta Feeling,” by Black Eyed Peas was the most downloaded track according to a ranking published by Apple. “Boom Boom Pow,” another track of the same band group, was ranked number three on the list of top twenty most downloaded tracks.
In order to celebrate this success, Apple announced a reward worth $10,000 iTunes gift card for the user who downloaded the 10 billionth track. That is enough money to fill up an iPod Touch to its full capacity with music. After reaching one billion mark in 2006, Apple offered same type gift card along with a 20-inch iMac, 10 60 GB iPods and music school scholarship. Another great news is that Steve Jobs turned fifty five on February 24th.
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