One Billion Songs Sold

The moment is upon us, Apple has sold one billion songs through the iTunes Music Store.

As the landmark moment drew closer and closer, music lovers who bought every 100,000th song, starting at the 950 million mark, received a prize package featuring a black 4GB iPod nano and a $100 iTunes Music Card which could be used to purchase any media type.

The big winner is as of yet unknown, but, whoever they are, they have won a 20-inch iMac, ten 60GB iPods, and a $10,000 iTunes Music Card, which is good for any media type. In addition, Apple has created a full-ride scholarship in the winner's name to a world-renowned music school.

The iTunes Music store is still gaining momentum and it won't be long before the next billion songs has been sold.

The Apple iTunes Music Store Milestones:
￭ February 23, 2006: 1 billion songs sold.
￭ February 7, 2006: 950 million songs sold.
￭ January 9, 2006: 850 million songs sold.
￭ October 25, 2005: Available in Australia.
￭ July 17, 2005: 500 million songs sold.
￭ May 10, 2005: 400 million songs sold. Custom stores for music fans in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
￭ January 24, 2005: 250 million songs sold.
￭ December 16, 2004: 200 million songs sold.
￭ December 2, 2004: Available in Canada.
￭ October 26, 2004: Available to music lovers in the European Union.
￭ October 14, 2004: 150 million songs sold.
￭ July 12, 2004: 100 million songs sold.
￭ June 15, 2004: Available in UK France Germany.
￭ April 28, 2004: 70 million songs sold.
￭ March 15, 2004: 50 million songs sold.
￭ December 15, 2003: 25 million songs sold.
￭ October 16, 2003: Available for windows. 13 million songs sold.
￭ September 8, 2003: 10 million songs sold.
￭ June 23, 2003: 5 million songs sold.
￭ May 14, 2003: 2 million songs sold.
￭ May 5, 2003: One million songs sold.
￭ April 28, 2003: Launched in United States.