Apple Tops 3 Billion iTunes Downloads

In just seven months, Apple’s iTunes Store sold another one billion songs, sending the third-largest music store in the US past the three billion mark.

Apple said today that the iTunes Store currently features a catalog of more than five million songs, 550 TV shows, and 500 movies. All of the songs can be played on any iPod or iPhone, whereas the TV shows and movies work with video-enabled iPods (5th generation or newer), the Apple TV, the iPhone, and any PC or Macintosh desktop or laptop computer.

Apple says iTunes sales top 3 billion songs [Reuters via the Washington Post]

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