iTunes sells 5 billion songs; serving 50,000 movies per day

from appleinsider.com

Apple announced recently that customers on its iTunes Store have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs to date. The digital download service is the number one music retailer in the US, according to the most recent data from NPD Group's MusicWatch survey, and features the largest music catalog with over eight million songs.

Apple also said that iTunes customers are now renting and purchasing over 50,000 movies every day, or a yearly run rate of over 18 million, making iTunes the world's most popular online movie store as well. More