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Over the past 10 years, 200,000 have expanded to more than 26 million songs, but no loyal listeners. (TechWeb) "Sohu It News" April 27 news, 10 years ago, Apple launched the itunes Store, when the free gift named "Overmy Head (Cable car)" single, the singer is unknown to the Denver Rock band Conflict Orchestra (The Fray). Joe King, the Joekingen of the Clash orchestra, recalls that they have been known for a big rise: "I will never forget that our broker emailed us to say 300,000 downloads." Our fans are going from hundreds of to thousands, everywhere. It's hard to get a vote on our tour. "Today, even if the itunes user has reached 435 million, it is hard to make the untapped musicians have a chance to become famous overnight." Apple April 28, 2003 launched the itunes Store, which became a legitimate source of music outside the network of pirated music and received support from the music industry, with most singles priced at 99 cents. This is the first to allow users to buy the digital music surface into the mainstream platform. "Consumers do not want to be treated as criminals and artists do not want their prized work stolen," Steve Jobs, the late Apple founder, said in a statement. The ITunes Music Store offers innovative solutions. "itunes, with the help of the ipod and the iphone, has mastered nearly 69% of the US digital music sales market in the 2010 peak, according to the Market Research Institute NPD Group Inc.," estimates. If the US digital music market is 2.9 billion dollars, the itunes share has slipped to 63%, the lowest level since at least 2006. Many people complain that itunes looks as obsolete as a rare community record line. "itunes is simply a spreadsheet with music," said Ben Easton, the artist's public relations manager at Joe's Pub, New York's nightclub. "The top 10 best-selling lists and Pull-down menus of itunes, which have become more and more tedious over time, are a big drawback," said Ted Cohen, a record industry consultant at the former EMI Music digital director. "There is no emotion," Cohen said. Now the itunes Store has been a shock to anyone's desire to buy. "Over the past 10 years, Apple's music database has expanded from 200,000 to more than 26 million songs, but no loyal listeners," he said. Over the past few years, Amazon's cheaper digital music stores have grabbed about 22% of U.S. music sales. Apple's music business is facing a bigger threat, possibly from companies such as Spotify, Rdio and Rhapsody, which have hundreds of, tens of millions of subscribers offering streaming music services that itunes lacks. A song 99 Beautiful, it's cheap for listeners who regularly want new music, but it's a lot more expensive than Shuo Fei. Cohen said: "The focus is no longer the single, but the channel to listen to songs." A song 99 Cents music purchase concept is becoming outdated. Easton points out that Apple's focus on music has waned and has lost influence in recommending new recruits, as the itunes Store expands to show TV shows, movies and books, leaving low profile musicians facing marginalization.