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“The Beatles Have Already Sold More Than 5 Million Songs on iTunes” plus 1

“The Beatles Have Already Sold More Than 5 Million Songs on iTunes” plus 1

The Beatles Have Already Sold More Than 5 Million Songs on iTunes

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 10:10 AM PST

Two months after making their iTunes debut, The Beatles are setting some significant records in the digital music realm.

iTunes representatives say more than 5 million tracks and more than 1 million albums by the Fab Four have been sold worldwide. As Entertainment Weekly notes, 2 million of those songs and 450,000 albums sold in the first week alone. The Associated Press reports that the current best-selling Beatles album in the U.S. is Abbey Road, while the top song is "Here Comes the Sun."

The Beatles' music finally appeared on iTunes this past November after a decades-long dispute that prevented the catalog from being sold via the music service. Now, all 13 of the band's remastered studio albums appear on the site, along with the "Past Masters" set and the "Red" (1962-1966) and "Blue" (1967-1970) compilations.

Meanwhile, even though The Beatles' music is still popular in the form of digital files, the band's works also continue to thrive in old-school formats. As Consequence of Sound points out, Nielsen SoundScan reports indicate that in 2010, Abbey Road was the best-selling album — on vinyl — for the second year in a row.

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Worldwide sales of Beatles songs on iTunes top 5M

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:24 PM PST

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On Friday January 14, 2011, 5:24 pm EST

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) -- Apple Inc. said Friday its iTunes store has sold more than 5 million Beatles songs and more than 1 million albums worldwide since the Fab Four's music was first available for download in mid-November.

The best-selling album in the U.S. on iTunes is currently "Abbey Road," and "Here Comes the Sun" is the best-selling song.

The Beatles was one of the most notable holdouts from the iTunes store and other legal online music services. Apple struck an agreement after years of on-and-off negotiations with the Beatles' recording label, EMI Group, and their management company, Apple Corps.

Apple sells 13 remastered studio albums, the two-volume "Past Masters" set and the "Red" and "Blue" greatest-hits collections. People can buy individual songs for $1.29 apiece or download entire albums, at $12.99 for a single album and $19.99 for a double.

Apple is also selling a special digital box set that includes all the albums and a download of the 41-minute movie of the Beatles' first U.S. concert, "Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964." It costs $149.

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