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# A Look At The Top 6 U.S. Music Download Stores
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/a-look-at-the-top-6-us-music-download-stores/
- Published: 2010-04-19T09:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-04-19T09:07:00.000Z
- Description: A sample purchase of 10 rock, folk, country, and classical albums including six recent releases and four back catalog showed a distinct difference in the purchase price of tracks. The. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/04/a-look-at-the-top-6-us-music-download-stores.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
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A sample purchase of 10 rock, folk, country, and classical albums including six recent releases and four back catalog showed a distinct difference in the purchase price of tracks.

[![image from i.zdnet.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133ecc9d09a970b-250wi "image from i.zdnet.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133ecc9d09a970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com) The comparison is particularly interesting since iTunes owns Lala. 

**SELECTION** **–** According eMarketer in January of this year, iTunes had roughly 11 million tracks, Amazon sold 10 million and Lala offered 8 million. Rhapsody, eMusic, and the Zune Marketplace each had 6 million tracks to choose from. (via [ZDNet](http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1971&ref=hypebot.com))