
It was initially available on Mac computers and the iPod, and was later expanded to Microsoft Windows in October 2003.

The iTunes Music Store (later iTunes Store) was introduced by Jobs at a special Apple music event in April 2003. In 2002, Jobs made an agreement with the five major record labels to offer their content through iTunes. Steve Jobs saw the opportunity to open a digital marketplace for music due to the rising popularity of easily downloadable tracks.

When it opened, it was the only legal digital catalog of music to offer songs from all five major record labels. As of April 2020, iTunes offers 60 million songs, 2.2 million apps, 25,000 TV shows, and 65,000 films. It opened on April 28, 2003, as a result of Steve Jobs' push to open a digital marketplace for music. The iTunes Store is a digital media store operated by Apple Inc. The iTunes Store, as seen in iTunes 12.2, running on Windows 8 from Augto September 3, 2015
