News iTunes tops 100m downloads mark

Better late than never, eh? This from the Beeb:

Apple's iTunes Music Store has marked its 100 millionth legal download since its launch in the US in May last year.
The music site, which features more than 700,000 songs available for download, says it is now the biggest legal music site in the world.

It said US user Kevin Britten of Hays, Kansas, had downloaded the 100 millionth song, a version of dance act Zero 7's Somersault.

The service started its European operations last month.

The site makes songs available for download for 79p per song. Since its launch it has gained more than 70% of the market share for legal downloads, it said.

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And although there may not be much Indie music on the UKiTMS, I would have thought that the BBC would do a bit of research:

Erm - the top downloaded track for the first couple of days at the UK store was "Bam Thwok" - by that popular beat combo known as the Pixies...