Â¡Tunes! Mexico iTunes store now open for shopping

My how you've grown, iTunes! Mexico now has its own iTunes store, giving our neighbors to the south the ability to download their favorite music, videos and iPhone/iPod touch apps.

It seems like it was just yesterday that Dr. Dre, Mick Jagger and Bono welcomed you into this world via iChat with Steve Jobs at an April 2003 special event. Now a little over 6 and a half years old, you've grown from what originally was United States-only operation to now include 77 countries.

You've morphed from what music executives privately said was "an experiment, which could be expanded if [proven] successful," to a juggernaut in the music market; at the time of its launch, music executives felt that Apple's small market share provided them less risk. And expanded it did: the iTunes "music store" is now the "iTunes store," with over 8 billion songs purchased and 1.5 billion apps downloaded.

Most songs in the iTunes Store in Mexico are priced at 12 pesos (a little over 90 U.S. cents as of August 4, 2009), and most albums at 120 pesos ($9.15 as of August 4, 2009).

To our friends to the south, mi iTunes store es su iTunes store!

(Note: the app store has been available in Mexico since its launch in July 2008)

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patrickfroman

funny yet sad. Agree with all commen ts!

September 02 2009 at 2:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Josue

Back in 2003 when the iTunes Music Store was introduced in the USA i was one of the naive people who thought it was coming as well this way. What a dissapointment a few weeks later when I open the store only to discover that you could see but touch what was inside. But all this has changed over time, it seems that Apple is taking the mexican market more and more seriously, first they open an online Apple Store in their mexican site, then they released the iphone 3g the same time they did a lot of places plus at the time they gave us the app store. And now we can say we have our own iTunes Music Store! no more lime wire for me! the days of crappy downloads at last is over...

(all this leave us with just one final question: is there really going to be an Apple Store in MÃ©xico City someday???)

August 05 2009 at 1:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Victor

Finally! I don't have to cross the border anymore to get gift cards. :D I'm so so so happy!

August 05 2009 at 10:55 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jimm

Well great... Still waiting to get it in Poland... :

August 05 2009 at 7:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rafyta

LOL check this shirt, being sold at http://nor-t.com

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August 05 2009 at 3:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Markkoekemoer

Hey Apple, seeing as you're going south, wouldn't you mind stopping over in South Africa and opening a music store for us too? The app store is up and running already...(we're holding thumbs)

August 05 2009 at 1:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Espogliare

Yeah!!! Viva MÃ©xico!!!

And actuali im surprice that the songs werent more expensibe je je... correct that im happy!!! that the songs werent more expensibe je je

August 05 2009 at 1:12 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Robert Bickers

@jc - Take a deep breath and put down your outrage. Wintoon's not mocking Mexicanos or insulting teh Mexican economic situation. After reading his (her?) comment several times-due to the changing pronouns-I think he (she?) is FROM Mexico.

Don't let your pre-arranged oversensitivity to perceived stereotyping lead you into said stereotyping.

August 05 2009 at 12:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dave

iCaramba!

August 04 2009 at 8:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

kyle brewer

I wonder how this will fare in comparison to other markets, considering that there are estimates that 8 out of 10 physical CDs purchased here in Mexico are counterfeit. In addition, many originate from the tianguis in the barrio of Tepito in Mexico City.

I can walk a few blocks and buy any newly released full album for 10 pesos (about US$0.76 today). A trip to well stocked vendor can yield full discographies for a few pesos more. DVDs are also 10 pesos, with a full color cover and decent slim case. Keep in mind that these are most likely sourced from torrents or usenet, so the buyer has no guarantee of quality (bitrates, video sources, etc.)... but it's been good enough for your average Mexican music shopper for some time now.

There is certainly something to be said for convenience and quality standards, though.

Source for counterfeit CD claim:
http://www.tvazteca.com/hechos/archivos2/2006/11/140477.shtml

August 04 2009 at 5:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply