Johnny Cash song iTunes' 10 billionth download

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February 25, 2010
Johnny Cash song iTunes' 10 billionth download
by Dong Ngo

Yes, things really happen that way. Only this time, somebody is going like it very much.

Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Ga., just won Apple's iTunes Countdown to 10 Billion Songs contest with the purchase of Johnny Cash's "Guess Things Happen That Way." This also means the song is the 10 billionth song downloaded from Apple's Store using iTunes.

With his purchase, Salcer got the best deal ever for an online music purchase, a gift certificate for music worth $10,000.

Apple announced the contest and started the countdown earlier this month as the number of songs downloaded from its store got closer to the 10 billion milestone. The company started selling music in 2003, ever since, on average, about 1.4 billion songs are downloaded each year. By far, it's become the biggest online music retailer.

What's most interesting is the fact that during the time of the contest, Johnny Cash's songs were never among those topping the popular purchased list. As a huge Johnny Cash fan, I find the winning song to be appropriate.

He's a great artist to mark a great milestone with.

Dong Ngo is a CNET editor who covers networking and network storage, and writes about anything else he finds interesting. You can also listen to his podcast at insidecnetlabs.cnet.com.