What is Music download?
{{update}} A '''music download''' is the act of [[download]]ing a song from the [[Internet]] to a user's [[computer]]. This term can mean both [[legal]] downloads (by [[money|paying]] to download the music) and downloads of [[copyright]] material without [[wikt:permission|permission]] or paying. As at 2006, digital music sales were [[estimate]]d to have reached about US$2 billion.<ref>[http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/digital-music-reportb.html 2007, IFPI Digital Music Report 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108170546/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/digital-music-reportb.html |date=2006-11-08 }}, ''IFPI''</ref> Around the world in 2006, an estimated 509 million songs were purchased online.<ref>[http://www.ibisworld.com/pressrelease/pressrelease.aspx?prid=127 June 2008, The Tables Have Turned: Rock Stars – Not Record Labels – Cashing In On Digital Revolution] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724060823/http://www.ibisworld.com/pressrelease/pressrelease.aspx?prid=127 |date=24 July 2008 }}, ''IBISWorld''</ref> There are many [[website]]s that let you download music. Some of these sites are [[iTunes]], [[Google Play]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows Store]], [[Jamendo Music]], [[TrendyBeatz]], [[Naijasermon]] and [[Amazon.com]]. As at [[January]], [[2011]], The biggest of these stores was [[iTunes]], which is run by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], and had an [[income]] of $1.1 billion in 2011.<ref>[http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/apples-itunes-revenues-top-11-billion-q1/2011-01-19 January 19 2011, Apple's iTunes revenues top $1.1 billion in Q1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512201333/http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/apples-itunes-revenues-top-11-billion-q1/2011-01-19 |date=2011-05-12 }}, ''FierceMobileContent''</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Music technology]] [[Category:File sharing]] {{music-stub}}