Apple Sells 1 Million Songs in One Week Through New iTunes Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 5, 2003 - 8:11am.

Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple Computer announced on Monday that it sold over one million digital songs through its iTunes Music Store during its first week of operation. The service offers Mac users the ability to purchase and download 200,000 songs for $0.99 each. "In less than one week we've broken every record and become the largest online music company in the world," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Apple said it will add another 3,200 songs to its online catalog tomorrow. "Our internal measure of success was having the iTunes Music Store sell one million songs in the first month. To do this in one week is an over-the-top success," said Doug Morris, CEO of major record label Universal Music Group. Apple also reported taking orders for over 110,000 of its new third-generation iPods since their launch a week ago, as well 20,000 in-store sales of the devices over the weekend.
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