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Downloads From Apple's iTunes Store Top Five Billion By Mike Kent June 19, 2008 1:44PM     More than five billion songs have been downloaded from Apple, Inc.'s online iTunes Store, confirming its status as the top U.S. music retailer. Sales at the iTunes Store have risen rapidly since 2005, when it was seventh among major retailers. With 50,000 movies rented each month, Apple's iTunes Store is also the most popular online movie store.   Related Topics Apple iTunes Store Music Wal-Mart Movies Latest News Google Buzz Connects Gmail Users Intel Launches Itanium 9300 Series iPhone OS, Android Gain in Q4 Nvidia Auto-Switches Notebook GPU Macworld Focuses on Mobile Apps Apple reported Thursday that more than five billion songs have been downloaded from its online iTunes Store. That milestone confirms a MusicWatch survey from NPD Group that found the iTunes online store is the top music retailer in the U.S., selling more music than retailing giant Wal-Mart. As recently as the third quarter of 2005, the iTunes Store was ranked seventh among major music retailers. The iTunes Store offers more than eight million songs and more than 2,000 movies, plus 20,000 episodes of TV shows. More than 50,000 movies are rented or purchased every day, Apple said, making it the most popular online movie store as well. Sales of Apple's iPods and iPhones continue to grow and may be a factor in its online dominance of both music and movies. This is particularly true as consumers have shown a growing preference for buying just the songs they want instead of an entire CD like those available at Wal-Mart. As an added feature, the iTunes Store gives customers the ability to turn previously purchased music into albums at a reduced price. Apple's store offers movies from all the major movie studios, including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lionsgate and New Line Cinema. Rented movies can be viewed on Macs and PCs, iPods, iPhones and on a widescreen TV with Apple TV. In addition, iTunes Store customers can buy new movie releases on the same day they are released on DVD.   Tell Us What You Think Your Comment: Also Visit: iPad Info Center Billions of Bytes Mobile Device Now Apple Info Center TopTechWire.com Advertisement  Personal Tech 1.   Google Buzz Connects Gmail Users 2.   iPhone OS, Android Gain in Q4 3.   Nvidia Auto-Switches Notebook GPU 4.   Macworld Focuses on Mobile Apps 5.   MS: Windows 7 Doesn't Hurt Battery

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