Apple launches iTunes Music Store, iTunes 4
April 28, 2003 - 14:14 PDT   Apple today announced the launch of its iTunes Music Store, a new online store that lets customers quickly find, purchase and download the music they want for 99 cents per song, without subscription fees. The iTunes Music Store, which is integrated with iTunes 4 (also released today), offers "groundbreaking" personal use rights, including burning songs onto an unlimited number of CDs for personal use, listening to songs on an unlimited number of iPods, playing songs on up to three Macs, and using songs in any application on the Mac, including iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD. The iTunes Music Store features over 200,000 songs from music companies including BMG, EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal and Warner.

Users can easily search the entire music store to instantly locate any song by title, artist or album, or browse the entire collection of songs by genre, artist and album. Users can listen to a free 30-second high-quality preview of any song in the store, then purchase and download their favorite songs or complete albums in pristine digital quality with just one click.

The store also features exclusive tracks from over 20 artists, including Bob Dylan, U2, Eminem, Sheryl Crow and Sting, as well as special music videos from several of these artists which users can watch for free. In addition, the iTunes Music Store highlights new releases, staff favorites and up-and-coming artists, and delivers a variety of music from many genres and time periods, ranging from Rock and Hip Hop to Jazz and Classical.

The ability to browse the entire music store by genre, artist and album combined with free high-quality previews of every song lets users explore music in an entirely new way, to easily find the hits they love and discover gems they've never heard before. iTunes 4 with the iTunes Music Store is available as a free download now at Apple's Web site. The iTunes Music Store requires a valid credit card with a US billing address, a Mac equipped with iTunes 4 and Mac OS X version 10.1.5 or later.

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