Sometime today Apple's iTunes store will hit the 10 billion songs sold mark. This comes seven years after Apple began selling music, and coincidentally on Apple CEO Steve Jobs 55th birthday.
Since opening for business in 2003 the store has become America's No. 1 music vendor. About 100 songs per second are downloaded. In celebration of this milestone event, the company is offering whoever downloads the 10 billionth song a $10,000 iTunes gift card as an award.
Interestingly, iTunes one billionth song (Coldplay's Speed of Sound) was sold on this same date in 2006 to 16-year-old boy from Michigan. The purchase won him a 20-inch iMac, 10 iPods and a $10,000 iTunes gift card.
In celebration of the 10-billion-song milestone, Apple compiled a list of the most-downloaded iTunes songs of all time. Leading the pack is a hit from 2009, Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling. Most of the other songs on the list are also from the past few years.
If you are a iTunes user, than today is the day to buy a song. If you aren't a fan of Apple's music store, then check out these other options we recommend for downloading or streaming music.
-Makenzie
Photo source: Apple Inc.
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