{"id":475,"date":"2007-07-31T07:39:35","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T15:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/31\/itunes-3-billion-songs-purchased-on-a-graph\/"},"modified":"2007-08-04T09:25:48","modified_gmt":"2007-08-04T17:25:48","slug":"itunes-3-billion-songs-purchased-on-a-graph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/31\/itunes-3-billion-songs-purchased-on-a-graph\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes 3 billion songs purchased on a graph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It took a little less than a year to go from 1 billion to <a href=\"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/16\/links-for-2007-01-16\/\">2 billion songs sold<\/a> on iTunes.&nbsp; It took a little over six months to go from 2 billion to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/library\/2007\/07\/31itunes.html\">3 billion songs sold<\/a>.&nbsp; Will we see 4 billion songs sold by the end of the year?\n<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"320\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"82\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"147\"><strong>Songs Purchased <\/strong><strong>      (millions)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"85\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"82\">05\/15\/2003<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"147\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/library\/2003\/may\/05musicstore.html\">Apple<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"82\">06\/23\/2003<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"147\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/library\/2003\/jun\/23itunes.html\">Apple<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"82\">09\/8\/2003<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"147\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/library\/2003\/sep\/08musicstore.html\">Apple<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"82\">12\/15\/2003<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"147\">25<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/library\/2003\/dec\/15itunes.html\">Apple<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"82\">03\/15\/2004<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"147\">50<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/library\/2004\/mar\/15itunes.html\">Apple<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"82\">07\/12\/2004<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"147\">100<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\"><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2004\/07\/12\/technology\/apple_itunes\/index.htm?cnn=yes\">CNN<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"82\">12\/16\/2004<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"147\">200<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/library\/2004\/dec\/16itunes.html\">Apple<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"82\">07\/18\/2005<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"147\">500<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/library\/2005\/jul\/18itms.html\">Apple<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"82\">02\/24\/2006<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"147\">1000<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/itunes\/1billion\/\">Apple<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"82\">01\/09\/2007<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"147\">2000<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/library\/2007\/01\/09itunes.html\">Apple<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"82\">07\/31\/2007<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"147\">3000<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/library\/2007\/07\/31itunes.html\">Apple<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1231\/963810754_1f41bca610.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis elsewhere:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuaw.com\/2007\/07\/31\/itunes-store-sells-three-billion-songs-keeps-on-truckin\/\">The Unofficial Apple Weblog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfriarsinc.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/apple-itunes-now-selling-billion-songs\">Blackfriars&#8217; Marketing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.business2.com\/utilitybelt\/2007\/07\/itunes-at-3-bil.html\">B2.0-The Utility Belt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/business\/2007\/07\/apples-3-billio.html\">Epicenter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.downloadsquad.com\/2007\/07\/31\/apple-3-billion-itunes-tracks-served\/\">Download Squad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/svextra.com\/blogs\/gmsv\/2007\/07\/itunes_over_3_billion_served.html\">Good Morning Silicon Valley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macuser.com\/itunes-store\/itunes_sells_its_three_billion_1.php\">MacUser<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"1\"><em>graph created using <a href=\"http:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/nceskids\/Graphing\/\">NCES Create a Graph<\/a><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took a little less than a year to go from 1 billion to 2 billion songs sold on iTunes.&nbsp; It took a little over six months to go from 2 billion to 3 billion songs sold.&nbsp; 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