 The initial Beatles sales figures are in: More than 450,000 albums and 2 million individual songs were sold on iTunes worldwide, according to Apple, since the Beatles catalog was made available Tuesday (Nov. 16).
– The Beatles had an impressive debut week on iTunes. They sold 2 million individual songs worldwide (the top seller being Here Comes the Sun) and 450,000 albums (with Abbey Road on top) after the catalog went up for sale, reports Billboard. That amounts to more than $8 million, notes the LA Times. For a yardstick, Taylor's Swift's blockbuster Speak Now album sold 278,000 digital albums in its first week. The Beatles/iTunes mashup benefited from a huge ad blitz, and it's expected to get even heavier this week.