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`CUPERTINO‘, Ca|ifornia—February 6, ZOI 3—App|e® today announced that music fans have
`purchased and downloaded more than 25 billion songs from the iTunes Store~®
`(www.itunes.com), the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store. The 25
`billionth song, “Monkey Drums“ (Gokse| Vancin Remix) by Chase Buch, was purchased by
`Phillip Lii pke from Germany. As the downloader of the 25 billionth song, Phillip will receive
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`“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, App|e’s senior vice
`president of Internet Software and Services. “Averaging over l5,000 songs downloaded ller
`minute, the iTunes Store connects music fans with their favorite artists, including global
`sensations like Adele and Cold play and new artists like The Lumineers, on a scale we never
`imagined possible.“
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`“In a lot of ways, iTunes has leveled the playing field for musicians. Whetheryou’re
`unsigned, indie, major, whatever—it’s the place most people go to buy digital music,” said
`Wesley Schultz, guitarist and lead vocalistof The Lumineers. “iTunes doesn’t exclude any
`musicians simply because they’re not yet established or popular."
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`The iTunes Store is the world’s most popular music store with a catalog of over 26 million
`songs and over 25 billion songs downloaded, and is available in H9 countries. The iTunes
`Store is the best way for iPhoneP, iPad@, iPod®, Mac® and PC users to legally discover,
`purchase and download music online. All music on the iTunes Store comes in iTunes Plusfii,
`App|e’s DRM—free format with high—q uality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio virtually
`indistinguishable from the original recordings. iTunes in the Cloud lets you download your
`previously purchased iTu nes music to your devices at no additional cost, and new music
`purchases can be downloaded automatically to your iOS devices.
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`Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork
`and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes
`online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App
`Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.
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`(408) 974-0469
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`Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, l\/laciritosli, iTunes Store, iTunes, iPhone, iPatl, iPod and iTunes Plus are
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