April 28, 2025

April 28, 2003: Apple Launched iTunes Music Store

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<img decoding="async" class=" wp-image-21435 " data-tf-not-load src="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2013/04/itunes.jpg" alt="iTunes" width="169" height="164" />April 28, 2003: iTunes Music Store Launches

2003-Apple launches the iTunes Store. iTunes has been around since 2001, but without option to get new music. Before the iTunes store, users would have to burn from CD or copy previously made MP3 files. The store sold 1 million songs within a week. Apple became the biggest music vendor in the US in 2008.

With 28 million songs, over 1 million podcasts, 40,000 music videos, 3,000 shows and even the Beatles library, iTunes music store continues to dominate the market. Of course things exploded in 2007 when Steve Jobs put apps into the iTunes store. Apple just celebrated the 40 billion app mark and 25 billion song mark.

Today, Apple iTunes commands 63% of digital downloads.

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