Cupertino (ip-192.com): Apple is promising a $10,000 gift card to the person who makes the ten billionth iTunes download since opening in 2003. "iTunes changed the way you buy music, making songs and albums available for download, day or night. Seven years later, we’re about to celebrate our biggest milestone for music, yet - 10 billion songs downloaded," says a statement on Apple's website.

To be eligible for the award, a person has to be at least 13 years old and needs to be a resident of any of the participating countries that have an iTunes Store. However, each person will be allowed only 25 entries in one day.

In addition to announcing the giveaway, iTunes released a list of its all-time best-selling songs, making that information available for the first time ever. The top song right now is the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling."

Digital album downloads grew 5 percent in December 2009, down from 10 percent growth in the September quarter and 11 percent growth in the June quarter.

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