Apple Offers Fat Prize for iTunes Downloads

500 millionth song downloader will get 10 iPods, 10,000 songs and more as Apple rolls out giveaway to cross half a billion songs mark.

Do you have what it takes to be Apple iTunes’ 500 millionth song downloader? The popular computer and iPod manufacturer thinks so, with a cool giveaway going on to motivate people to help cross that mark.

Apple, in a press release from today, announced they would grant the 500 millionth song downloader a grand prize of 10 iPods of their choice to share with others, an iTunes gift card for 10,000 songs and a trip for four to see Coldplay perform on their world tour. As part of the giveaway, every person who downloads a song at the 100,000 mark interval gets an iPod mini and iTunes gift card for 50 songs.

Apple also said they had added two songs from the Live8 performance to their online music store.

“As we prepare to cross this major milestone of half a billion songs, we want to thank our customers, the artists and the music labels who have helped make iTunes a global success,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of applications. “iTunes continues to be the world’s number one online music store featuring the world’s best digital music including special performances such as the Live 8 concerts.”