iTunes Store rings up 3 billionth song

Apple announced this morning that over 3 billion songs have been sold through its online music store.
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EMI reported
in June that its DRM-free tracks and albums were selling at a noticeably
quicker pace through iTunes than when they were previously DRMed. They were
even selling quicker than CD sales of the same albums.
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ales of physical media have been tanking for years now—from $45 billion in 1997 to a projected $23 billion in 2009, according to Enders Analysis. Comparatively, the sales of digital media have grown to an estimated $3 billion this year, which some analysts think could go as high as $10 billion in 2012.