As Surge Desk reported earlier today, speculation over what changes Apple Inc. planned to announce regarding its iTunes online music store had led some industry analysts to speculate that the company had indeed overcome contract disputes and procured the rights to sell the Beatles' catalog.
The on-again, off-again negotiations to bring the Beatles to iTunes dragged on for years, with Apple, EMI and the Beatles' management company trading lawsuits along the way.
If anything, it has been astonishing how the Fab Four have continued to sell albums without the help of iTunes. As The Wall Street Journal reports, the Beatles "sold the second-highest number of albums of any artist" in the past decade. Now that their music will be featured on the Web's No. 1 online retailer, the group may even retain the top slot.
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