There's no question that iTunes has revolutionized the landscape of the music industry since its launch in 2003. It has helped legitimize and usher in the digital age of music, offering a platform for unsigned artists to market themselves directly and challenging established artists to make the evolutionary leap into the a new marketing model.
The online store has made staggering leaps in its six-plus years of existence, and is now approaching 10 billion songs downloaded. To celebrate the industry-changing benchmark, Apple will hold a "Countdown to 10 Billion Songs" contest, giving $10,000 worth of iTunes gift certificates to one lucky person.
Pop sensibilities are forever the rage among the legitimate music-buying public, which goes a long way towards explaining why the Black Eyed Peas occupy two of the top three positions in the list of the most-downloaded iTunes songs of all time. OF ALL TIME!
Check out the full top 20:
1."I Gotta Feeling" Black Eyed Peas
2. "Poker Face" Lady Gaga
3. "Boom Boom Pow" Black Eyed Peas
4. "I'm Yours" Jason Mraz
5. "Viva la Vida" Coldplay
6. "Just Dance" Lady Gaga & Colby O'Donis
7. "Low" Flo Rida
8. "Love Story" Taylor Swift
9. "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis
10. "TiK ToK" Ke$ha
11. "Disturbia" Rihanna
12. "So What" Pink
13. "I Kissed A Girl" Katy Perry
14. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" Beyonce
15. "Hot N Cold" Katy Perry
16. "Stronger" Kanye West
17. "Live Your Life" T.I.
18. "Hey There Delilah" Plain White T's
19. "Right Round" Flo Rida
20. "Party In The USA" Miley Cyrus
To recap, the only people buying music on iTunes these days are teenage girls, their moms, gay men and that spray-tan douche at the club who loses his fist-pumping mind whenever BEP hits the speakers. But judging by the numbers, there's a hell of a lot of them out there, and they're spending way more than you are on music.
