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iTunes history

By rshel007

  • iTMS launched in United States.

  • One million songs sold.

  • 2 million songs sold.

  • 5 million songs sold.

  • 10 million songs sold.

  • 13 million songs sold. iTunes available for Windows.

    iTunes available for Windows.

  • 25 million songs sold.

  • 50 million songs sold.

  • 70 million songs sold.

  • iTMS opens in the UK, France, and Germany.

  • 100 million songs sold - mostly in the US, the three additional stores had only opened less than a month earlier. The grand prize for the 100 million contest was a 17" PowerBook, a 40GB iPod and a gift certificate for 10,000 iTunes songs. Every 100,000th

  • 150 million songs sold.

  • iTMS opens in the European Union.

  • iTMS opens in Canada.

  • 200 million songs sold.

  • 250 million songs sold.

  • 400 million songs sold. iTMS opens in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland

  • 500 million songs sold.

    At this point, iTMS was available in 19 countries: US, Austria, Belgium, Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.
    The grand prize consisted of 10 iPods, a 10,000 song gift card and 10 50 song gift cards for the iPods, four tickets to see a Coldplay concert in front-row seats plus transportation, and a backstage pass

  • 1 billion songs sold.

    One notable addition to the list of countries at this point was Japan, and there were a number of sub-sites, like a French and a Dutch site for Belgium. The grand prize at the billion consisted of: a 20" iMac, 10 fifth generation iPods, and a $10,000 Music Card. In addition, Apple established a scholarship to the world-renowned Juilliard School in the name of the winner. For every 100,000th song from 950,100,000 to 99,900,000, a 4GB iPod nano with a $100

  • Steve Jobs reports 1.5 billion songs sold.

  • Jobs reports 2 billion songs sold.

  • Apple reports 3 billion songs sold.

  • Steve Jobs reports 4 billion songs sold "as of last week."