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25 Billionth ITunes Song Downloaded Recently

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More than 25 billion songs have been downloaded from the iTunes Store, says Apple. The 25 billionth song,  Monkey Drums (Goksel Vancin Remix) by Chase Buch, was purchased by a Phillip Lüpke from Germany. As the downloader of the 25 billionth song, Mr. Lüpke will receive a €10,000 iTunes gift card.

The iTunes store averages over 15,000 song downloads per minute. It has a catalog of over 26 million songs, and is available in 119 countries.

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