iTunes outsells conenventional record sales

Music download retailer iTunes now sells more music in the US than some of the country's biggest traditional retailers, according to analysts. NPD compared 12 iTunes separate song downloads to one album purchase at an ordinary retail store and found that iTunes beat Tower Records, Borders, and Sam Goody. But it was also found that it was beaten by others, including Wal-Mart and Amazon.com. More than seven out of 10 US digital music sales through PCs are through iTunes, a figure which grows when Apple Mac users are taken into account, see the full article:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4459312.stm