iTMS Europe sells 800,000 songs in first week

[Mac Reporter]

Strong sales for iTunes in Europe
Apple launched its iTunes store for UK, French and German users

Apple's online music service iTunes has reported sales of 800,000 songs since it opened its European store last week.

An Apple spokesman said 450,000 of the tunes sold since the store opened had been bought by consumers in the UK.

The service offers music fans in the UK, France and Germany over 700,000 songs for 79p or 0.99 euros each.

Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs claimed iTunes was already "Europe's top online music store" and had outsold rival OD2 by 16 times in the past week.

More details from BBC News Online.