Early this year, iTunes became the biggest music retailer in the United States. It has sold more than 5 billion songs since it launched in 2003. The meteoric rise now gives iTunes a 70% market share, and dwarfs all other music retailers - which must hurt for the many who have been in the industry so much longer.
The new Epica album Design Your Universe is scheduled for European release in October. Epica have posted a video for their new song Unleashed and you can see it here.
If you like boring and self-serving music with little if any development of artistic integrity, there is plenty of evidence to pick from, not least Pink, Nickelback and Linkin Park.