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`iTunes Music Store Sells Over One Million Songs in First Week
`CUPERTINO, California—May 5, 2003—Apple® today announced that its revolutionary iTunes® Music Store sold over one
`million songs during its first week. Over half of the songs were purchased as albums, dispelling concerns that selling music
`on a per-track basis will destroy album sales. In addition, over half of the 200,000 songs offered on the iTunes Music Store
`were purchased at least once, demonstrating the breadth of musical tastes served by Apple's groundbreaking online store.
`Apple also reported that over one million copies of iTunes 4 have been downloaded, and that it has received orders for over
`110,000 new third-generation iPods since their introduction a week ago, with music lovers snapping up more than 20,000
`of them from stores in the U.S. this weekend.
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`“In less than one week we’ve broken every record and become the largest online music company in the world,” said Steve
`Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Apple has created the first complete solution for the digital music age—you can purchase your favorite
`music online at the iTunes Music Store, mix your favorite tracks into playlists with iTunes, and take your entire music
`collection with you everywhere with the super-slim new iPods.”
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`“Hitting one million songs in less than a week was totally unexpected,” said Roger Ames, Warner Music Group’s chairman
`and CEO. “Apple has shown music fans, artists and the music industry as a whole that there really is a successful and easy
`way of legally distributing music over the Internet.”
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`“Our internal measure of success was having the iTunes Music Store sell one million songs in the first month. To do this in
`one week is an over-the-top success,” said Doug Morris, Universal Music Group’s CEO. “Apple definitely got it right with the
`iTunes Music Store.”
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`Apple also announced that tomorrow, May 6, the iTunes Music Store will be adding over 3,200 new tracks, including major
`new album releases such as Jack Johnson’s “On and On,” Andrea Bocelli’s “Tosca” and Fleetwood Mac’s “Say You Will,” as
`well as pre-release tracks from upcoming albums by artists David Sanborn, The RH Factor, John Scofield, Jesse Harris and
`Lizz Wright. Also to be added tomorrow are additional albums from the Eagles, Michelle Branch’s album “The Spirit Room,”
`and new Featured Artist pages for Coldplay, including an exclusive track and music video, and Alanis Morissette, with her
`catalog of music.
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`The iTunes Music Store features over 200,000 songs from major music companies including BMG, EMI, Sony Music
`Entertainment, Universal, and Warner and lets customers quickly find, purchase and download the music they want for just
`99 cents per song. The iTunes Music Store offers groundbreaking personal use rights that allow users to burn songs onto
`an unlimited number of CDs for personal use, listen to songs on an unlimited number of iPods, play songs on up to three
`Macintosh® computers, and use songs in other applications on the Mac®, including iPhoto™, iMovie™ and iDVD™.
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`Music lovers can easily find the hits they love and discover gems they’ve never heard before by listening to free 30-second
`high-quality previews of any song in the store, then purchase and download their favorite songs or complete albums in
`pristine digital quality with just one click. Users can explore music in an entirely new way by easily searching the entire
`music store to instantly locate any song by title, artist or album, or browse the entire collection of songs by genre, artist
`and album. The iTunes Music Store is fully integrated into iTunes 4, the fourth major release of Apple’s popular digital
`music jukebox software, allowing users to purchase, download, organize and listen to their music using just one application.
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`Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the
`1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators,
`creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.
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