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Article: iTunes Music Store Hits Five Million Downloads; Apple to Ship One Millionth iPod This Week.
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- PR Newswire
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- June 23, 2003
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Apple(R) today announced that music fans have downloaded over five million songs from the iTunes(R) Music Store since its launch eight weeks ago today. In addition, over 46 percent of the songs have been purchased as albums, and over 80 percent of the over 200,000 songs available on the online store have been purchased at least once. Apple also announced that it will ship its one millionth iPod(TM) this week. Apple introduced the third generation of its ultra-portable digital music player in April, and it has become a huge hit with music lovers worldwide.
"The iTunes Music Store is changing the way people buy music," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Selling ...