The wait is over. Apple today launched its iTunes Music Store in Canada, giving music fans in Canada the same innovative features and breakthrough price of $.99 CDN per song that have made iTunes the number one online music service in the world. With Apple’s legendary ease of use, pioneering features such as iMix playlist sharing, seamless integration with iPod and groundbreaking personal use rights, the iTunes Music Store is the best way for PC and Mac users to legally discover, purchase and download music online.
“The demand across Canada for the iTunes Music Store has been overwhelming,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Applications in the press release. “We are excited to be able to offer music fans in Canada their own customized iTunes Music Store featuring many top Canadian artist exclusives.”
The iTunes Music Store in Canada features over 700,000 songs and dozens of exclusive tracks from a wide variety of leading worldwide artists, including songs from Alanis Morissette, The Tragically Hip, Sarah McLachlan, Auf Der Maur, Delerium, Black Eyed Peas, Chingy, Toby Keith, Diana Krall and 3 Doors Down. “Push” from Sarah McLachlan and “The Love Song” from K-Os are also featured as exclusive videos.
With the same groundbreaking personal use rights as in the US and Europe, the iTunes Music Store in Canada gives users the ability to play songs on up to five personal computers, burn a single song onto CDs an unlimited number of times, burn the same playlist up to seven times and listen to their music on an unlimited number of iPods. The iTunes Music Store in Canada offers PC and Mac users the same innovative features including:
– “iMix,” an innovative way for users to publish playlists of their favorite songs on the iTunes Music Store for other users to preview, rate and purchase. iMix creates a virtual iTunes community, enabling users to discover new music recommended by fellow music fans, rate iMixes published by other iTunes users and share iMix previews with friends
– “Party Shuffle,” a dynamic playlist that automatically shuffles songs from a user’s music library, displays just-played and upcoming songs, and allows users to easily add, delete and rearrange upcoming songs on the fly. Party Shuffle is the ultimate DJ at any gathering and a great way for users to get reacquainted with their personal music library
– gift certificates from iTunes, allowing users to buy gift certificates to send via post or electronically; and now customers can buy and print color gift certificates right from their computer for the perfect last minute gift
– more than 9,000 audiobooks which can be purchased with one click and listened to on any PC or Mac computer as well as on iPods. iTunes is the only digital music jukebox that allows users to seamlessly purchase audiobooks in the same easy way that they purchase music
– “Artist Alerts,” an email alert notifying users when music from one of their favorite artists has been added to iTunes
– the ability to create and print CD jewel case inserts for albums or compilation discs, combining album art and track lists using professionally designed templates. For compilation CDs, iTunes will automatically generate a mosaic of album covers based on the chosen songs
– automatic WMA to AAC conversion, enabling Windows users to automatically create iTunes versions of their songs encoded in unprotected WMA. Converting an entire music library into iTunes and syncing it onto iPod is now a snap.
iTunes for Mac and Windows includes the Canadian iTunes Music Store and is available as a free download immediately from www.itunes.com. The iTunes Music Store in Canada works with the Canadian dollar, and purchase and download of songs requires a valid credit card with a billing address in Canada. Further information about iTunes or iPod can be found at www.apple.com/itunes/.
why does the other countries have different songs, and video’s? Its just data, let me buy the music!!!
Does any know from the U.S. store or elsewhere, do they bill each purchase on your visa, or billed monthly to avoid having all these $1.06 purchases on your card…
Mac & PC Guy,
I’m a little confused by your last post… Which part of the US doesn’t have iTMS yet? Guam, the Marshall Islands and Puerto Rico are just territories, so that can’t be what you’re talking about…
Jay — In response to your question, usually iTunes has been sending me an email receipt and billing my card every three or four days, unless I haven’t bought at all during that time period. It doesn’t bill each separate $.99 and it doesn’t add any tax. I’m in Downstate Illinois in the U.S..
M. T. MacPhee
GST is included in the price. I got my first receipt from iTMS Canada this morning, and the songs I bought stayed at $0.99 each Canadian. We Canadians are getting a great deal.
HURRY UP WITH iTMS AUSTRALIA GRRRRRRRRR !!!!!!
“Guam, the Marshall Islands and Puerto Rico are just territories, so that can’t be what you’re talking about…”
Aren’t territories part of the country they are in? Otherwise large slabs of Australia and Canada would be missing … 😎
Just bought my first song. Awesome. Such a slick, painless process. Man, Apple has it together!!
I agree with David O. It could be very dangerous to the pocketbook!!
>rogozhin wrote: Guam, the Marshall Islands and Puerto Rico
>are just territories, so that can’t be what you’re
>talking about…
Guam is USA. We are citizens, serve and die in the military protecting our country, were occupied during time of war, serve a vital role in America’s defense during wartime or peace.
Comments like ‘just territories’ are insulting.
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>Wookie wrote: Aren’t territories part of the country
>they are in? Otherwise large slabs of Australia and
>Canada would be missing … 😎
Thanks Wookie.
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Last night, I called Apple to place a gift order for my girlfriend. I spent about 25 minutes on the phone. The first gentleman said I wasn’t really American; Guam isn’t part of the United States; Apple would not ship/bill to foreign addresses.
I asked to be transferred to Customer Service and that guy was more sensitive about it. He said Apple only serves the contiguous states, plus Hawaii. He talked to the billing department and we both laughed at their solution. I was to open up a residence in the States and have my credit card delivered through that residence and then Apple would be happy to take my order. After the laughter, he apologized and I thanked him for his help.
So… No, Apple does not serve the United States in its entirety. Sad. I had a $100 in iTMS gift certificates planned, plus was going to buy a new PB/PM in January.
>rogozhin wrote: Guam, the Marshall Islands and Puerto Rico
>are just territories, so that can’t be what you’re
>talking about…
Guam is USA. We are citizens, serve and die in the military protecting our country, were occupied during time of war, serve a vital role in America’s defense during wartime or peace.
Comments like ‘just territories’ are insulting.
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>Wookie wrote: Aren’t territories part of the country
>they are in? Otherwise large slabs of Australia and
>Canada would be missing … 😎
Thanks Wookie.
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Last night, I called Apple to place a gift order for my girlfriend. I spent about 25 minutes on the phone. The first gentleman said I wasn’t really American; Guam isn’t part of the United States; Apple would not ship/bill to foreign addresses.
I asked to be transferred to Customer Service and that guy was more sensitive about it. He said Apple only serves the contiguous states, plus Hawaii. He talked to the billing department and we both laughed at their solution. I was to open up a residence in the States and have my credit card delivered through that residence and then Apple would be happy to take my order. After the laughter, he apologized and I thanked him for his help.
So… No, Apple does not serve the United States in its entirety. Sad. I had a $100 in iTMS gift certificates planned, plus was going to buy a new PB/PM in January.
rogozhin said : “Welcome to the club, Canadians. Make sure you check out the free tracks available from the front page – all it costs you is download bandwidth!”
If only we had access to the free download of the week…
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what i dont understand is why Sony Connect works in Puerto Rico, and ITMS doesnt…..