When Apple released the iTunes Store to the public in 2003, everything about the way music was consumed rapidly changed. A digital space where one could discover and purchase any song they wanted, the iTunes Store made it almost too easy to not serve as the primary method for music consumption. The digital shop launched with 200,000 songs, all affordably priced at 99 cents. It revolutionized the music industry itself, popularizing the sale of singles and directly impacting an artists’ album format. Soon, Apple iPods became the new Sony Walkman, and building out your iTunes library began to slowly phase out the significance of physical media.
