The timeline named 'A Decade of iTunes' marks the important milestones in iTunes' 10 years of existence.
iTunes, Apple’s digital musical store that arguably revolutionized the way music is consumed, will be celebrating 10 years of existence on April 28 and it looks like Apple wants to make it a special day. To mark the special milestone, Apple has created a virtual timeline of iTunes’ history, named ‘A Decade of iTunes’ that can be accessed from the iTunes music store on the desktop. tablet or mobile.
The timeline marks the period from the time iTunes was first launched on April 28 2003 right up to the release of Justin Timberlake’s new album on March 19 this year. Peppered along with the milestones are the best selling song and album on the day of the milestone (for e.g. on 10 May 2005 when the iTunes store was officially launched in European countries like Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, ‘Speed of Sound’ from Coldplay’s X & Y was the best selling song, while Morcheeba’s ‘The Antidote’ was the best selling album).
The timeline also highlights some of the statistics that iTunes has chalked up over the years including selling over 25 billion songs by February 6 2013, having over a billion course materials downloaded from iTunes University by 28 February and selling the 25 millionth song on 15 December 2003, in the store’s first year of existence.
The iTunes Music Store was finally launched in India in December of last year and is currently selling music and movies from both Indian and international artists. There’s still no word if there are special discounts or schemes planned for the anniversary but we won’t be surprised if that becomes reality.
Sources: iTunes, The Next Web