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Apple Now Number #1 Music Retailer

Arstechnica reports on an internal email from Apple congratulating employees that Apple is now the #1 Music Retailer in the U.S., surpassing Wal-Mart for the first time.

The iTunes Store leads the pack with 19 percent, Wal-Mart (which includes the brick-and-mortar stores as well as its online properties) is second with 15 percent, and Best Buy is third with 13 percent. Amazon is a distant fourth at 6 percent, trailed by the likes of Borders, Circuit City, and Barnes & Noble. Rhapsody is in the tenth slot with 1 percent.

This comes quickly after a February announcement from Apple that they had surpassed Best Buy to become the #2 music retailer, also based on the NPD MusicWatch Survey.

While there's been some question about the discrepancy of the two data points, it seems possible that the February annoucement was based on December data (Christmas sales are specifically mentioned), while this new data is from January sales.

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50 months ago
YAY! Go Apple!
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50 months ago
Woo Hoo!! Good for Apple.
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50 months ago
Great news.
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50 months ago
Excellent. Now if it could only go totally DRM-free...
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50 months ago
congratulations apple.
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50 months ago
I know the iPod has been around since Oct 2001 - How long has the iTunes store been around? Either way, they are a newcomer compared to those big box stores.

Good Work!
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50 months ago
Woooo!

That's what I'm talking about.:cool::apple:
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50 months ago
Like I said in the earlier thread: I assume it's post holiday gift cards, but the fact apple can even temporarily be #1 is still pretty impressive.
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50 months ago
We'll see if it stays this way.. But for now, woho!!
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50 months ago
Keep up with the good work Apple!!!!
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