Apple has announced (hat tip The Daily Mac) that more than three billion songs have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store at www.itunes.com. The iTunes website contains the following according to Apple.
5 million songs
550 television programs
500 films
"We'd like to thank all of our customers who have contributed to this incredible milestone," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. With the praise the music portion of the iPhone has received Apple should be able to sell plenty more songs over the coming years.