Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than half a billion songs from the iTunes Music Store.
The 500 millionth song, Faith Hill's Mississippi Girl, was purchased yesterday by Amy Greer from Lafayette, Indiana, and as the grand prize winner she will receive 10 iPods to share with family and friends, an iTunes gift card for 10,000 songs and an all-expenses paid trip for four to see Coldplay on their world tour.
Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO said,
"Just over two years ago, we sold our first song. Yesterday, we sold our half billionth song. WOW! As we cross this major milestone, we couldn't be more excited about the future of digital music, iTunes and the iPod."
The iTunes Music Store now features more than 1.5 million songs from the major music companies and over 1,000 independent record labels.
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