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iTunes Passes Wal-Mart As Top U.S. Music Provider

4/4/08, 10:33 am EST

Providing further evidence that the digital medium has overtaken physical CDs, an independent study found that iTunes passed Wal-Mart in music sales during the months of January and February, making Apple’s service the largest music provider in the U.S. It was the first time in iTunes history that they topped the sales charts. The study was announced the same day iTunes learned they’d have to compete against a new MySpace music service, which may effect numbers in the coming months. The impending new albums from Madonna, Mariah Carey and other marquee acts could shift the scales back to the physical product over the coming months.

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Anonymous | 4/6/2008, 11:50 am EST

yea! down with the evil walmart!

NO, REALLY | 4/7/2008, 11:42 pm EST

Who buys cds from wal-mart anyway. The physical cd will rise again you jus gotta give people incentives with the disc and make the disc that consistent 10 dollars. CDs will never Die

Jamie | 9/17/2008, 2:35 pm EST

I L O V E YOU GUYS

duffmanth | 10/3/2008, 12:51 pm EST

This article doesn’t surprise me at all. Most people probably only buy CD’s for a few songs anyway. Might as well pay a few bucks than $15-20 for an overpriced CD.

I don’t feel one bit sorry for music retailers, record labels and the the music industry as a whole when I read that CD sales have been declining for years now. It looks good on them, the greedy F*CKING A**HOLES that they are!!

CD’s have been so overpriced for years, that it’s finally catching up the record biz. I walked into my local HMV the other day and saw Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” for $20!! Why is album that’s over 30 years old still that much!?

All I have to say is go itunes and F*CK the record biz!!

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