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Date
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iTMS Songs Sold
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Days
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Avg.
Per Day
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iTunes Catalog Size
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Notes
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04/28/03
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0
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. |
0
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200,000 songs
|
3rd Gen. 30 GB iPod (dock; solid-state); iTunes 4.0 released;
iTMS launched
|
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05/05/03
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1,000,000
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7
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142,857
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203,200 songs
|
1 Million songs sold
|
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05/14/03
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2,000,000
|
9
|
111,111
|
207,500 songs
|
2 Million songs sold
|
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06/23/03
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5,000,000
|
40
|
75,000
|
. |
5 Million songs sold
|
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09/08/03
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10,000,000
|
77
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64,935
|
. |
40 GB iPod added; 10 Million songs sold
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10/16/03
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13,000,000
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38
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78,947
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5,000 audiobooks
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official iTunes/iTMS Windows support added
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11/06/03
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17,000,000
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59
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118,644
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400,000 songs
|
. |
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12/15/03
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25,000,000
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60
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200,000
|
. |
25 Million songs sold
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03/15/04
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50,000,000
|
91
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274,725
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500,000 songs
|
50 Million songs sold
|
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04/28/04
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70,000,000
|
44
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454,545
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700,000 songs
|
iTMS 1-Yr. Anniversary
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06/15/04
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. |
. |
. |
. |
iTMS UK, France, Germany launched
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07/12/04
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100,000,000
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75
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400,000
|
. |
100 Million songs sold
|
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08/10/04
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. |
. |
. |
1,000,000 songs
|
. |
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09/02/04
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125,000,000
|
52
|
480,769
|
. |
. |
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10/14/04
|
150,000,000
|
42
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595,238
|
. |
. |
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10/26/04
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. |
. |
. |
8,000 audiobooks
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iTMS European Union launched (9 nations); iPod photo added; U2
iPod
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12/02/04
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. |
. |
. |
9,000 audiobooks
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iTMS Canada launched
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12/16/04
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200,000,000
|
63
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793,651
|
. |
200 million songs sold
|
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01/11/05
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230,000,000
|
26
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1,153,846
|
. |
1st gen. iPod shuffle released; iTMS Ireland launched
|
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01/24/05
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250,000,000
|
13
|
1,538,462
|
. |
. |
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03/02/05
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300,000,000
|
37
|
1,351,351
|
. |
. |
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04/06/05
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350,000,000
|
35
|
1,428,571
|
. |
. |
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05/10/05
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400,000,000
|
34
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1,470,588
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1,500,000 songs
|
400 million songs sold, iTMS Denmark/Norway/Sweden/Switzerland
launched
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06/01/05
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430,000,000
|
22
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1,363,636
|
. |
. |
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06/28/05
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. |
. |
. |
3,000 podcasts
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official Podcast support
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07/05/05
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481,000,000
|
34
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1,500,000
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10,000 audiobooks
|
500 mil countdown starts
|
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07/17/05
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500,000,000
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12
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1,583,333
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6,000 podcasts
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500 million
|
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08/04/05
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. |
. |
. |
. |
iTMS Japan launched
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09/07/05
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593,000,000
|
52
|
1,788,462
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2,000,000 songs; 15,000 podcasts
|
iTunes 5.0 released; 1st gen. iPod nano released
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10/12/05
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620,000,000
|
35
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771,429
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2,000 videos; 11 TV shows
|
iTunes 6.0 released; 5th gen. iPod (Video; 60 GB); TV Show
downloads
|
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10/25/05
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. |
. |
. |
. |
iTMS Australia launched
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10/31/05
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(1 million TV shows/videos sold)
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. |
. |
11,000 audiobooks
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. |
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12/06/05
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.(3 million TV shows/videos sold)
|
. |
. |
3,000 videos; 16 TV shows
|
. |
|
01/10/06
|
850,000,000
|
90
|
2,555,556
|
. |
. |
|
01/26/06
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.(8 million TV shows/videos sold)
|
. |
. |
40 TV shows
|
. |
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02/07/06
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950,000,000 songs
(12 million TV shows/videos sold)
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28
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3,615,357
|
. |
1 Billion Countdown Starts
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02/23/06
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1,000,000,000
(15 million TV shows/videos sold)
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16
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3,048,125
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35,000 podcasts;
16,000 audiobooks;
3,500 videos; 60 TV shows
|
1 Billion songs sold
|
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05/09/06
|
. |
. |
. |
3,000,000 songs; 9,000 videos;
90 TV shows
|
. |
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06/08/06
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.(30 million TV shows/videos sold)
|
. |
. |
100 TV shows
|
. |
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06/29/06
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.(35 million TV shows/videos sold)
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. |
. |
150 TV shows
|
. |
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09/12/06
|
1,500,000,000
|
201
|
2,487,562
|
3.5 million songs;
220 TV shows;
75 movies; 9 games
|
iTunes 7.0 released; Movie downloads added; 2nd Gen.
iPod nano (8 GB);
2nd Gen. iPod shuffle; 6th Gen. iPod (80 GB); 640x480 videos
|
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10/05/06
|
. |
. |
. |
65,000 podcasts;
20,000 audiobooks
|
.. |
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11/01/06
|
.
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. |
. |
250 TV shows
|
iTunes Lationo added
|
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12/06/06
|
. |
. |
. |
.. |
iTMS New Zealand launched
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01/09/07
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2,000,000,000
(50 million TV shows & 1.3 million movies sold)
|
119
|
4,201,681
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4 million songs;
100,000 podcasts;
350 TV shows; 250 movies
|
2 Billion songs sold
iTunes passes Amazon.com to become 4th largest music retailer in U.S.
|
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02/12/07
|
.. |
.. |
. |
400 movies
|
.. |
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04/02/07
|
2,500,000,000
|
83
|
6,024,096
|
5 million songs
|
2.5 Billion songs sold; EMI deal announced (256k/DRM-Free)
|
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04/11/07
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(2 million movies sold)
|
. |
. |
500 movies
|
. |
|
05/30/07
|
. |
. |
. |
. |
iTunes Plus added (DRM-free/256kbps songs)
|
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6/27/07
|
. |
. |
. |
|
iTunes passes Target to become 3rd largest music retailer in U.S. (9.8%)
|
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07/31/07
|
3,000,000,000
|
120
|
4,166,666
|
550 TV shows
|
3 billion songs sold
|
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09/05/07
|
3rd largest music retailer in U.S.
(95 million TV shows sold)
|
. |
. |
125,000 podcasts
25,000 video podcasts
22 countries; 6 million songs (or more) per store
|
iTunes Wi-Fi Store launched (for iPod touch & iPhone);
iTunes Ringtones added (for iPhone)
Starbucks alert added (iPod touch & iPhone)
|
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10/16/07
|
. |
. |
. |
2,000,000 DRM-Free (iTunes Plus)
|
iTunes Plus prices dropped to $0.99 (same as regular songs)
|
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10/22/07
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(100 million TV shows sold)
|
. |
. |
. |
. |
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1/15/08
|
4,000,000,000
(125 million TV shows sold)
(7 million movies sold)
|
168
|
5,952,381
|
125,000 podcasts; 6 million songs;
600 TV shows; 10,000 music videos
|
20 million songs sold on Christmas Day 2007
|
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2/26/08
|
. |
. |
. |
. |
50 million iTunes customers
iTunes passes Best Buy to become 2nd largest music retailer in U.S.
|
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4/3/08
|
. |
. |
. |
1,000 movies (100 in HD)
|
iTunes passes Wal-Mart to become largest music retailer in U.S. (19%)
|
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4/28/08
|
. |
. |
. |
10 million songs (unverified?)
|
5th Anniversary of iTunes Store
|
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