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Online Beatles songs will help pay for Sir Paul McCartney's divorce By Tom Pettifor Tom.Pettifor@Mirror.Co.Uk 8/03/2008 (What's this?)Macca is to help fund his divorce by giving the go-ahead for the Beatles' entire back catalogue to be released on iTunes in a £200million deal. The Fab Four's singles and albums will be made available for download to users of Apple's iTunes in the coming months - and are expected to top the charts for weeks on end. A huge slice of the cash will go to Sir Paul, with the rest going to the only other surviving Beatle Ringo Star and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison. The Mirror revealed in February 2007 a deal allowing Apple to sell Beatle songs was to be signed. And in a recent interview Macca confirmed: "It's happening soon. The whole thing is primed - ready to go." The huge windfall comes at a good time for Macca, 65, - who is expected to have to give estranged wife Heather Mills between £20 and £30million when their divorce hearing takes place at London's High Court in nine days. But news of the massive online payment could lead Heather, 40, to reassess her financial expectations. The former model, married to Macca for four years, may argue she is entitled to a cut of his iTunes cash. The Beatles back catalogue will be the most popular music catalogue ever released on the internet. The online release of the songs has been held up for years by a series of legal wrangles. Advertisement Bookies yesterday reported a surge in betting on which Beatles hit will be the first to top the charts - with Hey Jude the 4/1 favourite. And William Hill have cut the price of the Beatles having all 10 tracks in the top 10 at some point in 2008 from 10/1 to 8/1. TOP BEATLE BETS 8/1 - the Beatles will have every song in the Top 10 4/1 - Hey Jude, next Beatles track to top the charts 9/1 - Yesterday 10/1 - Love Me Do; She Loves You; I Want to Hold Your Hand; Can't Buy Me Love; Hard Day's Night 12/1 - All You Need is Love 14/1 - I Feel Fine; Day Tripper; Penny Lane; Let it Be 16/1 - Get Back; Something 20/1 - Ticket to Ride; Strawberry Fields Forever; Paperback Writer; Eleanor Rigby Odds from William Hill 2004 The year of iTunes launch in the UK 43 MILLION visits were made last year 1hr 48 ...the time the average user is on iTunes 5.7m unique users in the UK last year 79p is cost of a song 5 MILLION songs at the store Beginners' guide The online music store iTunes provided by Apple also sells digital music videos, TV shows, audiobooks, ipod games and movie rentals. To buy a track, visit www.itunes.com, choose it, pay, then download it on to your computer. Plug in your iPod or MP3 player and transfer the track from the computer. Single songs are 79p. An album costs £7.99 and movies £4.96.

Why are Japanese CD singles selling loads still and ours aren't!? I always thought they embraced the newest technology?!

Nice to see H20 selling 904k in one day! it will be the next Candle In The Wind at this rate.......... :lol:

He did say 'chartwise' <_<

It will deffinatly get much higher than No.6!! what 5 songs that are out around then will beat it???

Maybe she's going to do a Geri Halliwell....exactly ten years on since she walked!

It always seems when GA release a single, they are cruely robbed of the topspot by underserving songs! do you think they will ever hit No.1 again??! I think with the right song/sound they can grap the No.1 spot. I REALLY want them to try somthing fresh and exciting on their new (hopefully!) album!! what does everyone think?? (just to finish ^_^ ) Also last year I wondered, IF Girls Aloud had been given 'About You Now' would it have been as successful as SB or even more??!!!

We can all now celebrate Basshunter's reign at the top is over!! :cheer: :cheer:

I think it's the beat in the verse that makes me think of it

Does anyone else think that 'Mercy' has echos of Jacko's 'Billie Jean'!!!!

Good for Duffy! :cheer: (PLEASE hold on next week, and don't let that H2O thing get anywere near No.1!!!)

This sounds like trash! hate it, makes me feel physically sick :puke2: it's also probably got one of those 'ORIGINAL' videos with talentless slags dancing about <_<

NO! imagine if he was to die, there would be a frenzy on buying his records (like what normally happens <_< ) he would be seen as a 'legend' we wouldn't want that!!!

..Yep...if you say so <_<

:blink: That 'H two O' track sounds like it was recorded in 1993, why do people buy this c**p?

Please get this off No.1 next week!!!!!! anything!! (other than Soulja Boy..or anything that style!!!)

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! I hate this song, and how that idiot says "smile"

You have got to remember that Basshunter has sold in January were sales for No.1's were in the 20,000s the past few years, it's done really well imo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYRkvdNg-BY It's here on Youtube! LOVE IT! :yahoo:

I'm sure Eric Prydz sold less in 2004

this song offends my ears... :puke2:

Thats only beacause there is downloads!!!!!!!!!! if they didn't exist th physical market would still be strong!

It's just everything I hate about Americans/America

Whats wrong with CD players? why is it WRONG to use them theses days???

B had 'DeJa Vu' & 'Beautiful Liar at No.1 though ^_^