January to December
The 2010 timeline
4 documented events in music. Featured events carry a red marker. Each one links to its sources.
January
20100 eventsNo events recorded for January in this category.
February
20101 event- MusicVerified
iTunes Store passes 10 billion songs sold
Apple announced the ten-billionth song download from the iTunes Store, cementing it as the world's largest music retailer in the last years before streaming.
March
20100 eventsNo events recorded for March in this category.
April
20100 eventsNo events recorded for April in this category.
May
20100 eventsNo events recorded for May in this category.
June
20100 eventsNo events recorded for June in this category.
July
20100 eventsNo events recorded for July in this category.
August
20100 eventsNo events recorded for August in this category.
September
20101 event- MusicVerified
Apple launches iTunes 10 with Ping, new iPods and the $99 Apple TV
Apple's music event introduced Ping, a social network inside iTunes that flopped, a touchscreen iPod nano, an iPod touch with cameras, and a tiny second-generation Apple TV.
October
20101 event- FeaturedMusicVerified
LimeWire is shut down by a federal court
A permanent injunction won by the record labels forced LimeWire to disable its file-sharing software, ending the most popular P2P client of the MP3 era.
November
20101 event- MusicVerified
The Beatles arrive on iTunes
After years of negotiation, the Beatles catalogue went on sale on the iTunes Store, with Apple's homepage devoted to the band for the day.
December
20100 eventsNo events recorded for December in this category.
