iTunes Sales Show No Signs of Slowing

Daily music sales from Apple's iTunes Music Store continue to accelerate as Apple announced Wednesday it had surpassed 300 million downloads. In late January, the service announced its 250 millionth download, which figures out to be about 1.5 million songs downloaded each day from iTunes.

Additionally, Apple announced Wednesday that its exclusive digital benefit single, "Across the Universe," debuted at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song is the most successful digital track ever in its first week of release. "We're honored to offer 'Across the Universe' exclusively on the iTunes Music Store with all proceeds going to tsunami survivors and their families," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of Applications.