More than 30 albums from Elton John will be made available for
digital download later this month, the singer said, marking the
first time his whole catalog of more than 400 tracks will go
online. The 59-year-old, who has sold more than 200 million
hard copies of records in a career spanning more than 40 years,
has already released some of his more recent work online in the
U.S., but this will mark the first time his entire catalog is
available. John said he had wanted all his music to be online
for some while but time was needed to prepare the entire
catalog. "I knew that the entire catalog -- not just the hits
-- needed care and attention to be released in this way," he
said in a statement. "Now that it's happening, I'm pleased for
the fans' sake." The catalog will be available exclusively from
APPLE INC.'s iTunes service from March 26 until April 30 before
being made available on other legal download services. John's
back catalog is owned by Universal Music Group, a unit of
France's VIVENDI.
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