iTunes reaches 10 billion: Here are the top 25 music downloads
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In honor of iTunes reaching 10 billion downloads, here are the top 25 songs sold since Apple opened the music store in 2003.
The hip hop group Black Eyed Peas take top honors. Their 鈥淚 Gotta Feeling鈥� is the all-time most-downloaded song, with 鈥淏oom Boom Pow鈥� the third.
But the outrageously bedecked Lady Gaga wins the prize for the most songs in the top 25, with three singles: 鈥淧oker Face,鈥� 鈥淛ust Dance,鈥� and 鈥淏ad Romance.鈥�
In pictures: iTunes top 25 most downloaded songs
Other artists in the top 10 include Jason Mraz, Flo Rida, Taylor Swift, Leona Lewis, and Ke$ha, all known for generating hit singles and videos.
One song in the Top 25, however, topped charts before Ms. Swift (No. 8) or Miley Cyrus (No. 20) were even born. Journey鈥檚 1981 power ballad, 鈥淒on鈥檛 Stop Believin鈥� 鈥� has become a pop-culture touchstone. It has been featured in several movies 鈥� including 鈥�The Wedding Singer鈥� and 鈥�Bedtime Stories鈥� (Adam Sandler is apparently a fan) 鈥� as well as the video game 鈥淩ock Band鈥� and more than a dozen TV shows, including the finale of HBO鈥檚 鈥�The Sopranos鈥� and the first episode of Fox鈥檚 hit high-school musical dramedy, 鈥�Glee.鈥�
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