10 Billionth Song Just Downloaded from iTunes

[Michael Essany]

We hit the magic number.

Moments ago, we surpassed the ten billion mark for songs downloaded from iTunes. And unless you've been living under a rock as big as Steve Jobs' ego, the guy or gal to download the ten-billionth song just won a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Of course, I could probably burn through that in a weekend. Still, it's a nice incentive to do a little iTunes shopping, right?

While obviously a promotional gimmick, the "one huge milestone for music" theme does represent a remarkable feat for the iTunes Music Store, now in its seventh year of existence. Still, while it would seem that Apple has made a boatload of cash off of iTunes, Cupertino is always quick on the draw to remind us that the company usually operates at a break-even profit point with regard to iTunes. The real cash, of course, comes from selling Apple hardware.

"iTunes changed the way you buy music, making songs and albums available for download, day or night," Apple said in a release about the milestone. "Seven years later, we’re about to celebrate our biggest milestone for music, yet — 10 billion songs downloaded."

Whether you love the company or hate it, Apple sparked the digital music revolution, an era dominated by both the iPod and iTunes. And it doesn't seem likely that this era is anywhere close to winding down.

If you were the lucky ten-billionth downloader, congrats! ... and please share the exciting details with your pals on ModMyi.

[battlecrushr]

lucky person

[Jayy17]

so much $$$
what i wouldnt buy, thats like free movies for like 20 years

[extremzocker]

with that $10,000 he/she could probably download all 140,000 apps from itunes lol

[pyromcr]

i missed the app store one and i missed this one...

[PlatoTheForms]

We hit the magic number.

Moments ago, we surpassed the ten billion mark for songs downloaded from iTunes

do you work for Apple? or is this quote from someone who works in that company?

[awesomeSlayer]

I wished this event has been announced...

Lucky.

[battlecrushr]

Wannabprogramma posted this aipod

[RonHC]

do you work for Apple? or is this quote from someone who works in that company?

thats what i thought

cough* copy and paste cough*

[wannabprogramma]

YEAYEAYEA!!!!...I WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not lol.... I wish i put in submissions for like 20 days straight and forgot about it today...there goes all my time..and @PlatoTheForms..they had a counter on their site...

thats what i thought

cough* copy and paste cough*

cough* read my post *cough stated openly on the site

[matthew1111]

Aww dang it...if there was a little counter for this, I would've kept buyin songs till i was the winner...Congrats to whoever won!

[wannabprogramma]

^^best part is you wouldn't have even had to buy songs...no purchase necessary- all you had to do was fill out a form and send it in at the right time and be lucky

[awesomeSlayer]

Wannabprogramma posted this aipod

Aww...

Maybe I should start going to iTunes more often.

[lolcats1]

why bother having itunes credit? i don't buy movies, music, or apps. what good will this do anyone?

if i want to suport an artist, i buy a shirt, no reason to use apple

[awesomeSlayer]

why bother having itunes credit? i don't buy movies, music, or apps. what good will this do anyone?

if i want to suport an artist, i buy a shirt, no reason to use apple

Ever heard of getting a Mac with iTunes credit?

[wannabprogramma]

^^+1 macs, iPods, I think even iPhones now and iPads soon lol

[santaf]

this is ridonculous 10,000 monies for itunes haha i would wish it was actualy money though =/ haha i dont understand gift cards if you are giving someone money why not just give them actualy money?

[shmi117]

this is ridonculous 10,000 monies for itunes haha i would wish it was actualy money though =/ haha i dont understand gift cards if you are giving someone money why not just give them actualy money?

Because they want you to buy from them... They didnt really give 10,000 away, just free apps, music, movies, and shows that add up to $10,000... Still, I would love to win this..

[santaf]

that's really true wow i didnt even think about that haha but it is 10000 dollars for the person who got it :P

[henners123]

10 billion