Milestone: Apple iTunes #1 Digital Music-Tailer in US

According to the NPD MusicWatch Survey. Apple has surpassed Wal-Mart for the first time ever to become the #1 in music distribution.

The survey compares the sales among the top ten music retailers in the US for January 2008, and Apple is at the top of the list with 19 percent, Wal-Mart (brick-and-mortar stores & online download) is second with 15 percent, and Best Buy is third with 13 percent. Amazon is a distant fourth at 6 percent, trailed by the likes of Borders, Circuit City, and Barnes & Noble. Rhapsody is in the tenth slot with 1 percent. [Source Arstechnica]

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