pattern of Apple Steve Jobs is known to be a fan Beatles The Beatles back catalog is finally available on iTunes, after years of negotiations.This means that for the first time consumers will be able to buy the most popular songs of the Fab Four via the store.
Apple and EMI labels are in talks for years to get the online catalogue.
President and CEO of Apple and Steve Jobs Beatles fan said that he "was a long and winding road to get here.
"We love the Beatles and honoured and pleased to welcome to iTunes," he said.
Sir Paul McCartney has resumed his thoughts.
"It's great to see the songs that we originally released on vinyl receive as much love as they have done the first autour, digital world", he said.
Ringo Starr said: "I am particularly happy to do more to arise when the Beatles arrive to iTunes."
Trademark dispute
But not everyone was convinced that it was a big deal.
Wrote in his blog, Mark Mulligan, said Analyst research firm Forrester, is not that were looking for the younger generation of digital music lovers.
"The fact that the contents of a band securing enough old to be grandfathers most of young music fans is a sad reflection of the State of the digital music market", he said.
"The digital music market needs new products music, not past hits repackaged," he added.
Since music label the Beatles Apple Corps was involved in a bitter trademark dispute with Apple informatique.Enfin company, the dispute was resolved in 2007.
Earlier in the year, Sir Paul McCartney suggested that part of the delay in obtaining an agreement with Apple was IME.
Beatles USB
The Beatles catalog has been a notable absence of store iTunes despite the fact that members of the band solo works are on sale there.
There were incursions in the digital world for the band.
Last year, EMI released in limited in the form of Apple drives USB studio albums the Beatles in the form of digital files containing Edition.
And in September 2009, the Beatles: Rock Band video game has been released.
Even if group formed 50 years ago, they remain one of the top-selling bands in the world.
Nielsen SoundScan reported that they have sold over 30 million albums in the past decade.
EMI stated that worldwide sales of one billion albums the Beatles are the top-selling band in the history of music.
Agreement with Apple just EMI uncertainties.
Owner of the enterprise capital private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners, a million in debt to Citigroup, which helped to finance the purchase of the EMI in 2007.
Ben Rumley Enders Analysis says arrival Beatles is also important for EMI is for consumers.
"EMI will make a sum of money once more the Beatles for sale", he told BBC 6 Music.
"The Beatles were approximately 10% of their turnover in the United States last year, the digital exclusion, to have available online Beatles can clearly be a good chose.Ils are very good to operate.
The iTunes music store opened in 2003 and is now the largest music retailer in the world.
The Beatles albums are available for purchase and download for £ 10.99 each double albums for £ 17.99 and individual songs for 99 p.
A box containing all albums remastered 13 Studio is available for 125 £ it includes some Beatles first U.S. concert in its entirety.
