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Apple has launched a Back to School music sale in iTunes for U.S. customers dropping the price on a several popular albums to $6.99 (via iMore). The sale works alongside the iTunes "Complete My Album" feature, allowing already purchased tracks to count towards the price of the full album.

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Here's the full list of songs on sale:

- Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
- Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
- Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines
- The Lumineers - The Lumineers
- Pink - The Truth About Love
- OneRepublic - Native
- Blake Shelton - Based On a True Story…
- Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest
- Various Artists - Pitch Perfect (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Lana Del Rey - Born to Die

Apple also has more than 60 other albums available for $7.99, featuring artists like Taylor Swift, Fun., Eminem, and more. The $6.99 sale will last from September 2 to September 5.

Top Rated Comments

Jessica Lares Avatar
170 months ago
I got some of those for $1.99-2.99 on Amazon a few months back. :rolleyes:

Just upload them to iTunes Match and got the iTunes version. :D
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170 months ago
How does this actually help anybody going back to school? I thought these kinds of sales were for useful things... :confused:
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Gasu E. Avatar
170 months ago
Haha here In India 90% of albums costs around $2.

Sorry I forgot to mention that's without any discounts or offers.

Perhaps you are not aware of the differences in salaries between India and the US.
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iDuel Avatar
170 months ago
If only music piracy could be less prominent everywhere... we could all have $2 albums.
Stop pirating music!
Even if it were, we would still be paying the same prices, if not more.
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170 months ago
This might be a good deal if the available music wasn't crap.
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170 months ago
If only music piracy could be less prominent everywhere... we could all have $2 albums.
Haha, that's a good one! I think what your suggesting could be categorized as "specious reasoning"... :)

For example, what were record companies' excuse for charging $15 for a CD back in the 80s/90s before the advent of digital piracy? While I agree with you that pirating is wrong, it could entirely stop tomorrow and the price of music would stay the same, or worse, actually increase.
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