Does anyone still buy music anymore? I feel like no one does. Well plenty of people are still buying music from iTunes as it crossed the mark for 10 Billion downloads, the company decided to give away a $10,000 gift certificate to the user who downloaded the 10 billionth song. The winner turned out to be Louie Sulcer, a 71 year old grandfather who purchased Johnny Cash’s 1958 song, “Guess Things Happen That Way”. Steve Jobs himself called Louie to congratulate him! This is a really nice story.
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Hanna — 27 Feb 10
That’s so funny! I think it’s great that he of all people downloaded the 10 billionth song, and that it was a Johnny Cash song, because I think that proves the fact that the music industry and the way we consume music has changed, but in the end it’s all about the same thing: great music. No more, no less.
Sidenote: I still buy music, at least a couple of CD’s a month, often more, and vinyl now and then. And I’m a 19-year-old girl, not a 50-something man. I just like having the music and the product in my hands.
ailema — 27 Feb 10
you made a typo- it was the 10 billionth song.
Logan — 28 Feb 10
Does no one think it’s funny the fact that the name of the song is “Guess Things Happen That Way”? I thought that was pretty funny on top of the fact that the guy is 71 and actually knows how to use iTunes. My grandfather can work a computer, but has no need for iTunes or music in general!