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05/05/2003, 10:50am, EDT

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Apple sells 1 million songs in first week

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Apple today announced that its iTune 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 said 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 more than 20,000 sold in its stores in the U.S. this past weekend.

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Apple also announced that 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. Apple said that other 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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111860 05/05, 11:02am, EDT I changed My Evil Ways
I actually bought 14 tracks last week. The store rocks!! Just wish the the catalog expands at about 100,000 songs per week.

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111861 05/05, 11:11am, EDT cock
second post, cocksuckers!

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111862 05/05, 11:21am, EDT aha!
So ATAT was lying, they didn't download one of each!

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111864 05/05, 11:35am, EDT umm
when are they gonna finish putting up the albums i want? they have 2 partial albums from the band shonen knife. one is 17 tracks, and they only have 15 of them, so i can't hit 'buy album' for $9.99, i'd have to buy all 15 songs for $0.99 a piece... doesnt... make... sense...

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111865 05/05, 11:57am, EDT I think it's awesome!
I think it's awesome that on Friday night, large numbers of people were crowded outside of the Apple Stores just to get in and see the new iPods. I bet Bill Gate$ and Michael Dell wish they had a following like that. Keep in mind that this was a Friday night. These people work and could have been home relaxing after a long week. Instead, they stood in line outside of the Apple Store. Truly amazing!

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111866 05/05, 12:03pm, EDT Metallica
It would be pretty cool if they could get Metallica's new album on the store....especially since metallica was the the straw that broke the Napster's back.....

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111869 05/05, 12:13pm, EDT mind you, thi is 5%...
... of the market. This is much better than Amazon - I don't even have to wait 5 days to go broke in record time!

Seriously, they have now sold in a week twice as much as the existing online music industry sold in a year. Bravo.

As for your favorite band, be patient. Revolutions take time. Send Apple the feedback like they asked for - request bands, etc. Don't complain here - complain to the people who asked for your suggestions. There's a link for it on the front page.

I'm asking for Zappa, NRBQ and some others...

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111871 05/05, 12:40pm, EDT partials
A lot of the 'partial albums' are not for nefarious reasons. It's my understanding that Apple would like to offer the whole album, but the missing tracks are owned by record companies that aren't under license yet or haven't given permission to sell yet.

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111872 05/05, 12:50pm, EDT It's just the first step
Most people are positive about this service as I am too.
People need to realise too, that it's only a week or so old, and there are thousands of songs that eventually will be available.
It's just a matter of time, and more and more artists/labels etc will climb aboard.
It's just the begining and the exclusives are a bonus to Mac users.
Hang in there good people, you'll get your songs/albums I'm sure.

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111873 05/05, 12:50pm, EDT Metallicas new album
The thing with that is the new Metallica album is comign with a DVD - all for the normal CD price of $15. So this is one time where it actaully makes sense to go out and spend $15 on teh CD, as you get a free DVD with it!

But also, Metallica is on Electra (I think that is how you spell it). Is that owned by one of the big 5?

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