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Continuing on its road towards global tech domination, Cupertino-based computer and gadgetry giant Apple Inc. has announced it is finally bringing the iTunes Store experience to customers in Mexico.
iTunes access no longer stops here. Image: cliff1066/Flickr.
Flinging open its virtual doors on Tuesday of this week, Apple’s latest iTunes variant joins an expansive list of stores supplying different parts of the globe and will offer music lovers south of the border access to a wide-ranging blend of both Mexican and international recording artists.
“Launching with a catalog of millions of songs, the iTunes Store in Mexico features Mexican artists including Paulina Rubio, Vicente Fernandez and Zoe and a wide range of international artists including Shakira, Lady Gaga, Green Day and thousands more,” trumpeted Apple in its accompanying press release.
Along with support from the media world’s major distribution labels, the Mexican iTunes Store will also provide a platform for “hundreds of independent labels” and will offer up the majority of its content for 12 pesos per track (approx. $0.91 USD) and 120 pesos per album (approx. $9.10 USD).
While the majority of album downloads cost 120 pesos, prices begin at low as 90 pesos and top out at 170 pesos for newer, more popular releases. Unfortunately, the newly opened Mexican iTunes Store does not presently carry TV shows or feature films, although it does provide music videos for 24 peso per download.
With iTunes fans in Mexico now finally able to “legally discover, purchase and download music online” from Apple, it is widely expected that Brazil is the next South American target on the company’s radar and is set to receive its own store in the very near future.
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