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Title: 81 million people listened to U2's iTunes giveaway Post by: HCK on October 11, 2014, 03:00:28 pm 81 million people listened to U2's iTunes giveaway
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Despite outrage in some corners of the Internet, tens of millions of iTunes users were happy to add a free U2 album to their music collections.</p><p> Since the giveaway began last month, more than 26 million people have downloaded Songs of Innocence in its entirety, Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services Eddie Cue told Billboard (http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6274359/itunes-numbers-u2-songs-innocence-album). More than 81 million people listened to at least one song from the album on iTunes, iTunes Radio, or Beats Music.</p><p> By comparison, Cue said 14 million people had previously purchased U2’s music since the iTunes Store launched 11 years ago.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2824569/81-million-people-listened-to-u2s-itunes-giveaway.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: 81 million people listened to U2's iTunes giveaway (http://www.macworld.com/article/2824569/81-million-people-listened-to-u2s-itunes-giveaway.html#tk.rss_all) |