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Beatles sell over 2m on iTunes

Los Angeles -The Beatles sold more than two million individual songs and more than 450 000 albums worldwide in their first week of release on Apple's iTunes store, Apple said on Tuesday.

Abbey Road was the top-selling digital album in the US iTunes store, ending at No 6 for the week. The Beatles Box Set was No 10 on the iTunes US album charts.

Here Comes the Sun was the best-selling Beatles digital single but did not place in the top 10 for the week, Apple said.

The Beatles catalogue was released on iTunes, the world's No1 digital retailer, for the first time on Nov 16, ending years of negotiations with Apple.


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