In a press release, Apple announced that the iTMS has successfully sold over 200 million tracks, with the second 100 million coming since July 12, 2004. The 200 millionth song was part of The Complete U2 and was purchased by Ryan Alekman from Belchertown, MA.
iTunes has made it easy to give the gift of music this holiday season with iTunes prepaid cards that are available from retailers like Amazon.com, Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Kroger, RadioShack, 7-Eleven, Target, as well as Apples online store and Apples retail stores and offer $15 or $25 of music on the iTunes Music Store. Gift givers can also send iTunes gift certificates in amounts from $10 to $200 by email or regular mail, and can print out these gift certificates in color right on their computer for the perfect last minute stocking stuffer.
iTunes has now sold over 200 million songs, making it the worlds number one online music store by far, said Steve Jobs, Apples CEO. Were thrilled to be making music an even more popular gift this holiday season with iTunes and iPod.
