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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. I hope they can keep this rate up by icemax · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...for another year!!

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  2. seconds by slothman32 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1.44 songs per second. Is that like 2 songs per second squared?

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  3. Unimpressive... by Alomex · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Two million songs is not impressive at all. This means total sales for the year would be about $50 million, which in corporate terms is pocket change.

    Two million songs means that the average Apple user is buying songs at a rate of 2-3 a year. Hardly a figure that would impress anyone.

    The only positive spin out of two million songs sold is that it does prove that iTunes is not a dud. Any other implication beyond that is pure hype.

  4. Re:Their days are doomed... by angle_slam · · Score: 0, Redundant

    $45 Million. At $17 per CD, that is the equivalent of 2.6 million CDs, a figure that Eminem and N'Sync could easily break in a month.