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Apple Sells Two Million Songs in 16 Days

Posted by pudge on from the i-hear-it-so-clear dept.

burgburgburg writes "According to Apple's latest press release, iTunes Music Store has sold over two million songs in the 16 days that it has been open. Quick calculations show this is around 1.44 songs per second. And as was the case last week, over half of the songs purchased so far were purchased as albums. Over 4,300 songs were added to the system yesterday, including older catalog stuff (Doors, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus), new albums (Cold, Lizz Wright, and Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs), prerelease tracks (Michelle Branch, Da Brat, Jesse Harris and Kenna) and more."

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  1. Apple Records must be pissed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sosumi

  2. Trollilicious! by ArmorFiend · · Score: 4, Funny

    Last night by 7pm I'd delivered 2 pizzas! By 9 pm it was already up to 11 pizzas! Where's my slashdot story?

    1. Re:Trollilicious! by Tumbleweed · · Score: 2, Funny

      > Pepperoni and black olive please.

      Freak!

      How dare you despoil the sacred Pepperoni with the dastardly Black Olive!

      The holy trinity of pizza are thus: Pepperoni, Italian Sausage, and Green Bell Pepper.

      Oh yeah - NOBODY expects the Pizza Inquisition!

    2. Re:Trollilicious! by Tumbleweed · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ahh! AHH! Pizza Jihad! There's an pizza infidel on Slashdot!

      Our main weapon is fear.

      And surprise.

      Our TWO main weapons are fear and surprise.

      And ruthless efficiency.

      Our THREE main weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency.

      NOOOOObody expects the Pizza Inquisition!

  3. Re:To put this into perspective... by mikedaisey · · Score: 3, Funny


    Eminem has a slightly larger user base, I suspect.

  4. Re:I guess this will kill kazaa by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good point. I should have said "napster" instead of "kazaa."

  5. Re:I guess this will kill kazaa by skinfitz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Everybody knows Mac users have more money than PC users.

  6. Re:Naaaw, that's old by bursch-X · · Score: 3, Funny

    Think Different is too old anyway, and I think Eminem would have to change the line to "Bitch, I'm gonna switch you!"

    (or maybe "Bill, I....", forget it).

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