iTunes is Number 2 Music Retailer in U.S.
Alongside MacBook and MacBook Pro releases today, Apple announced that iTunes had become the number 2 music retailer in the U.S., behind only Wal-Mart.
The rankings are based on NPD Group's MusicWatch data. iTunes has sold over four billion songs, with 20 million songs sold on Christmas Day 2007 alone. iTunes has overtaken Best Buy which previously occupied the #2 spot.
"We'd like to thank the over 50 million music lovers who have helped the iTunes Store reach this incredible milestone," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. "We continue to add great new features like iTunes Movie Rentals to give our customers even more reason to love iTunes."
The rankings are based on NPD Group's MusicWatch data. iTunes has sold over four billion songs, with 20 million songs sold on Christmas Day 2007 alone. iTunes has overtaken Best Buy which previously occupied the #2 spot.
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52 months ago
wow, thats some growth! huge congrats to apple.
now only if they could get more labels on board for the drm free stuff, i'd buy all my music from them.
now only if they could get more labels on board for the drm free stuff, i'd buy all my music from them.
52 months ago
Apple is in full speed now, heh! It could take Walmart with its horns. Watch yourself walmart.
52 months ago
*Based on data from market research firm the NPD Group’s MusicWatch survey that captures consumer reported past week unit purchases and counts one CD representing 12 tracks, excluding wireless transactions. The iTunes Music Store became the second-largest music retailer in the US after Wal-Mart, based on the amount of music sold during 2007.
I am curious if that also means that purchases from iPod Touches and iPhones are excluded from the total sales volume.
52 months ago
was itunes like 3 the last time they told us?? may be wrong
Yeah it was 3, behind amazon I think.
Hopefully this will help the falling stock prices :P
52 months ago
I absolutely f***ing hate that store..
I absolutely agree with you. I refuse to go there unless I have to buy something in the middle of the night and there's nothing else open. I'm wondering if they are going to try more unethical tactics to get Apple of their tail. Remember when they threatened the movie studios to stop selling their DVD's if they signed up with the iTunes store? Any company with business practices like that deserves to rot in retail hell.
52 months ago
Seems like only yesterday that Target was the target. iTunes really is an incredibly intuitive shopping experience that I can only see expanding into software etc.
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