PRESS RELEASE 15 December 2003

iTunes Music Store Downloads Top 25 Million Songs

Over US$1 Million of iTunes Gift Certificates and Allowances Purchased

CUPERTINO, California - December 15th, 2003
Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 25 million songs from Apple's iTunes Music Store since it launched in April 2003. The 25 millionth song, purchased last Friday afternoon, was “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” by Frank Sinatra.
Apple also announced that over US$1 million of iTunes online gift certificatesand allowances have been purchased since the features were added to theiTunes Music Store on October 16th, 2003.
“With over 25 million songs purchased and downloaded to date, the iTunesMusic Store is hands-down the most successful online music store”, saidSteve Jobs, Apple's CEO. “Music fans are buying and downloading almost 1.5 million songs per week from the iTunes Music Store, which is a rate of 75million songs per year”.
Apple is the only company to offer music fans a complete solution forbuying, managing and listening to their digital music collections anywherewith the unique combination of the iTunes digital music jukebox software,the pioneering iTunes Music Store and the market-leading iPod digital musicplayer.
The iTunes Music Store offers Windows and Mac users the same music catalogueof more than 400,000 songs, the same “gold standard” personal use rights and the same 99 cents-per-song pricing. The second generation iTunes Music Store, launched on October 16th, includes: online gift certificates for family and friends; Apple's innovative and patent-pending online “Allowance” feature which allows parents to automatically deposit funds into their kids' iTunes Music Store account every month; more than 5,000 audiobooks which can be purchased with one click and listened to on a Mac or Windows computer as well as on iPods; Celebrity Playlists; and new exclusive tracks from more than 60 artists. The iTunes Music Store offers music from all five major music companies and over 200 independent music labels.
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