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Apple backpedals on 10m iTunes song claim

updated 01:30 pm EDT, Fri May 2, 2008

 

Only 6m songs on iTunes


Apple has quietly backpedaled on its claim of 10 million songs in the iTunes catalog. Earlier this week, in touting iTunes' fifth birthday (the store, not the software), the company noted that its catalog contained more than 10 million songs, but since then the company has updated its own iTunes marketing to reflect the previously announced 6 million number (also noted by setteB.IT). As reported on Monday, the 10 million number would have represented a 66 percent increase in its catalog in just under a month. The company, however, in April announced that surpassed Wal-Mart to become the number one music retailer in the US (based on data from January and February of 2008).

To date, Apple has served over 50 million customers and sold more than four billion songs and iTunes accounts for approximately 70 percent of digital music sold worldwide. According to some reports, Apple could account for 28 percent of all music sold worldwide with in four years -- if current trends hold up and the digital music market continues to explode.



On Monday, Apple claimed 10 million songs



As of Friday, Apple changed the claim to 6 million songs


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  1. Parky

    Mac Elite

    Joined: Oct 1999

    +11

    Possible

    I guess the 10 million could be Worldwide. As there are many tracks that are only available in individual countries.

  1. Eldernorm

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Sep 2007

    -11

    OMG

    Apple made a type. Let the end of the world begin. :-) Maybe the stock will crash at this terrible news. LOL

    en

  1. robogobo

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Feb 2008

    +5

    somebody owes me big

    I'm steamed. I just went out and upgraded my storage to 500Petabytes in anticipation of scoring those other 4 million songs.

  1. UberFu

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    Joined: Oct 2002

    0

    what I find interesting

    is that MacNN has no problem pointing out a simple mistake that Apple makes on the level of an Apple hater - but they (MacNN) for some damned reason cannot go and fix their own god damn faulty articles - typos - incorrect information - mis-leading Titles - half truths - and otherwise crappy reporting_

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