Apple Computer, Inc. is closing in on the one billions songs milestone in their “iTunes Music Store Billion Songs Coundown.”
Music lovers like you in 21 countries around the globe have purchased nearly one billion songs from the iTunes Music Store. And as we count down to this massive milestone in digital music history, we’d like to thank you for joining us.
We’ve got one billion reasons to celebrate, and we’re starting with you. As we mark our way to one billion, the music fans who download every 100,000th song will receive a prize package featuring a black 4GB iPod nano and a $100 iTunes Music Card (good for any media type).
And if you’re the lucky grand-prize winner who downloads the billionth song from the iTunes Music Store, you’ll receive a 20-inch iMac, 10 60GB iPods, and a $10,000 iTunes Music Card (good for any media type) to jumpstart your digital music collection. In addition, Apple will create a full-ride scholarship in your name to a world-renowned music school. Just think: You could help launch the careers of an entire generation of musicians.
The best digital jukebox and the #1 music download store, iTunes is the best way for Mac and PC users to legally discover, purchase, and download music. Visit the iTunes Music Store 24/7, purchase individual songs or entire albums, search and browse for new music, enjoy groundbreaking personal use rights, then sync everything to your iPod seamlessly.
Apple has a “Billion Songs Countdown” counter running on Apple.com which currently stands at 997,823,905.
Click here to launch Apple’s iTunes Store.
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They’re at over 998,400,000 as of 4:30 EST. The pace of downloading seems to be increasing in anticipation.
My prediction is that they will have done 1 billion songs in about just over 4 hours from now (12.51 pm NZST)Based on 36 minutes per 100,000 songs
As of now (see the time on the upper right corner), the countdown is at 999,052,464. Less than a million to go.
999,257,000 and counting
999,897,000 and counting…
Only about fifteen minutes to go …
it just turned over
amp: my post was just to clear up an obscure reference.
Who knew the guy was so uptight?