The song
counter on Apple's homepage reached the 1 billion
mark at approximately 12:38am EST on Thursday morning. The winning tune was Speed of Sound by Coldplay (those
guys are everywhere these days) as purchased by Alex Ostrovsky of West Bloomfield, Michigan. Alex: Enjoy your spiffy new iMac, your collection of TEN iPods and iTunes gift card worth a total of 10 grand.
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2-23-2006 @ 4:42PM
Granata said...
I considered making some snide comment like, "Enjoy paying those taxes." But then I thought that if it was me who had won, I'd find a way.
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2-23-2006 @ 4:55PM
iFelix said...
What do you do with TEN iPods?
TEN iPods?
I know I could give some away, but TEN to give away...
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2-23-2006 @ 4:57PM
Andy said...
Do you know how I know he's gay? He likes Coldplay.
With all jokes aside, congrats to the winner!
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2-23-2006 @ 5:09PM
sma said...
what about all the people who won the free nano's every 100,000th song? i'd like to see a list of that as well.
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2-23-2006 @ 5:15PM
ChillyWilly said...
I've got numb fingers from refreshing the iTMS window. Bought two songs right around that time.
Congrats to the winner. I'd also like to see a list of who won the nano's. I can guarantee it wasn't me.
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2-23-2006 @ 5:28PM
Deerhoof said...
Am I the only person wishing it'd been something way more embarrasing? God knows I'd have been embarrased if the billionth song had been me buying Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero.
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2-23-2006 @ 5:40PM
timothy said...
I don't know, not much more embarrasing than buying Coldplay. I mean, c'mon.
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2-23-2006 @ 5:41PM
The Jeremy said...
What's that website profiled on *Unscrewed with Martin Sargent* seemingly eons ago on the subject...? Oh yeah, that would be youhavebadtasteinmusic.com.
Funny how this reminds me of the subject material of that website.
Coldplay. Pffffffffffffffffffff. Then again, their lead "singer" is a Mac diehard...enough to name his daughter "Apple".
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2-23-2006 @ 6:25PM
Ross said...
Coldplay are everywhere, and everything sounds like them - http://www.everythingsoundslikecoldplaynow.com/
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2-23-2006 @ 7:37PM
renesimone said...
If you want to check if you won a nano...
http://www.apple.com/itunes/1billion/winners.html
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2-24-2006 @ 12:09AM
PuffMac user said...
I like Coldplay and I'm not gay...
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2-24-2006 @ 2:16AM
Gary said...
I like gays but I hate Coldplay...
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2-24-2006 @ 2:17AM
MacBoy said...
I'm gay and I don't like Coldplay....
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2-24-2006 @ 8:26AM
bryan said...
i hate gays and coldplay
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2-24-2006 @ 12:36PM
Wordman said...
"Guards! Put this man in cell #1, and give him a drink."
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2-24-2006 @ 1:18PM
Brian Ashe said...
That's what the 9 extra iPods are for--you sell them to cover the taxes.
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