How many songs are available?
At the rollout, there were 200,000 songs in the library, far from a historically complete collection. Apple has added a couple thousand songs each of the past 5 weeks since the store opened on April 28th. Some albums are only partially available (i.e. they are missing tracks). On the other hand, Apple has secured exclusive rights to a few dozen songs by artists such as Bob Dylan, U2, Live, Sheryl Crow, Coldplay, and several others. The most glaring artist omissions are the Beatles and the Rolling Stones’ entire catalogs. On the other hand, there are 51 Elvis Presley albums available in whole or part, and the iTMS is the first place that the Eagles songs have been available for download. iTunes Music Shop opening page The opening page of the Music Store changes constantly, and new selections are added all the time.
