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European iTunes Music Store Shifts Over 200 Million Songs

Today Apple announced that the iTunes Music Store in Europe has sold over 200 million songs in just 2 years since its release in the UK, France and Germany in 2004.

“The number of songs downloaded and purchased from the iTunes Music Stores in Europe have tripled in the past year from 50 million to 200 million," said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes. “We’re thrilled that music fans in Europe have shown such enthusiasm for the artists and exclusive music content found only on iTunes and would like to thank them for making iTunes such a success.”