{"id":675051,"date":"2010-02-24T17:44:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T22:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/article\/q110-apple-sells-ten-billionth-itunes-song\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:56:47","slug":"apple-sells-ten-billionth-itunes-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/675051","title":{"rendered":"Apple sells ten billionth iTunes song"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.gearlive.com\/blogimages\/apple-one-billion.jpg?resize=575%2C134\" alt=\"One Billion iTunes\" style=\"margin: 5px 5px;\" width=\"575\" height=\"134\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Okay, so an hour ago we warned you that Apple would be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/article\/q110-itunes-one-billionth-song\/\">giving away a $10,000 iTunes gift card to the purchaser of the ten billionth iTunes download<\/a>, and if you didn&#8217;t act upon being put on notice, you&#8217;re too late. That&#8217;s right, Apple has officially surpassed the 10 billion song milestone with the iTunes Store, which is just unreal. Nice work, guys.<\/p>\n<p><b>Edit:<\/b> Alongside the announcement above, Apple also released a list of the the <a href=\"http:\/\/music.gearlive.com\/albumista\/article\/q110-apple-lists-top-20-itunes\/\">top 20 all-time best-selling iTunes songs<\/a>, which has to be seen to be believed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/apple\" rel=\"tag\">apple<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/digital+downloads\" rel=\"tag\">digital downloads<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/digital+music\" rel=\"tag\">digital music<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/itunes\" rel=\"tag\">itunes<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/itunes+store\" rel=\"tag\">itunes store<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/music\" rel=\"tag\">music<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/ten+billion+itunes\" rel=\"tag\">ten billion itunes<\/a>,\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#FFCC66; padding:5px; margin-top:5px;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/article\/q110-apple-sells-ten-billionth-itunes-song\/\" title=\"Apple sells ten billionth iTunes song\">Apple sells ten billionth iTunes song<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/\" title=\"Gear Live\">Gear Live<\/a> on Wed, February 24, 2010 &#8211; 2:44:39\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/rI09ONfCALysQFrUPLdhtwuoEik\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/rI09ONfCALysQFrUPLdhtwuoEik\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/rI09ONfCALysQFrUPLdhtwuoEik\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/rI09ONfCALysQFrUPLdhtwuoEik\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gearlive.com\/~ff\/rss_2?a=O3NjjKvr1Ak:5_DuzfhPIjQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rss_2?i=O3NjjKvr1Ak:5_DuzfhPIjQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gearlive.com\/~ff\/rss_2?a=O3NjjKvr1Ak:5_DuzfhPIjQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rss_2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/rss_2\/~4\/O3NjjKvr1Ak\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so an hour ago we warned you that Apple would be giving away a $10,000 iTunes gift card to the purchaser of the ten billionth iTunes download, and if you didn&#8217;t act upon being put on notice, you&#8217;re too late. 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