Ah well, that's nice isn't it? iTunes Music Store Downloads Top One Billion Songs. The billionth song “Speed of Sound” was purchased as part of Coldplay’s “X&Y” album.

Read the whole story here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/1billion/

Ohhh that's great !!!!!

WICKED! :cool:

Thats cute!!!!!! cool. :nice:

hehe

 

ituner got style

:wink3:

 

so i´m very proud to use itunes

man I wanna $10,000 itunes card :(

friggin' shiz!

 

that's a kwazy prize

Wow, thats pretty cool!!! :cool: :)

 

And what a prize!!!! :shocked:

 

Thanks for posting!

go coldplay! :heart:

 

lame i know but: apple - coldplay. it was bound to happen :lol:

:lol:

what a strange coincidence?

thats pretty cool :)

Holy damn that's a great prize. :o :o

So now we just need to get this guy on the forums :sneaky:

 

not that I'm saying I'd only like to be his friend b/c of his prize winnings.. :idea2:

__therese, your sig is simply too much to take in. :D

AWESOME!! And that my favourite coldplay song...could it get any better? :)

very nice very nice.... :cool: :cool:

A 16 y/old from Michigan! Here's the news story near me:

 

 

POSTED: 9:50 am EST February 25, 2006

 

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Alex Ostrovsky got more than he bargained for when downloading Coldplay's "Speed of Sound" from the iTunes Music Store.

 

The 16-year-old's purchase was the one billionth song bought from the online music service that Apple Computer Inc. kicked off three years ago, charging 99 cents for most tracks. Ostrovsky's selection was from Coldplay's "X&Y" album.

 

The youth, who lives in the Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield Township, was showered with prizes: a 20-inch iMac, 10 fifth-generation iPods and a $10,000 iTunes gift card.

 

Apple also said it would establish a scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music in his name.

 

"Over one billion songs have now been legally purchased and downloaded around the globe, representing a major force against music piracy and the future of music distribution as we move from CDs to the Internet," Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, said in a statement.

 

Besides more than 2 million songs from the major music companies and independent record labels, the iTunes Music Store also features music videos, Pixar and Disney short films, TV shows, podcasts and audiobooks.

 

The growing popularity of purchasing songs by the track shows in declining CD sales. A total of 618.9 million CD albums were sold during 2005, down from the 762.8 million in 2001, according to Nielsen Soundscan.