ITunes Originals

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The correct title of this article is iTunes Originals. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

iTunes Originals is a series of digital releases available exclusively through the iTunes Store. Each release features the music of a single artist. The releases typically contain more than twenty tracks (some more than thirty), which include music from the artists' body of releases, new recordings (of both previously released and sometimes unreleased songs) specifically for the iTunes Originals, and spoken word tracks that explore the artists history and work, and/or discuss the next song. Some releases have also included video, both previously released, and originally created for the iTunes Originals. The songs recorded exclusive for the albums are usually recorded live in a recording studio.

Most iTunes Originals albums are available in the United States iTunes Store, with availability in other countries' music stores varying with each release. Occasionally there are Originals only available in other countries (some noted below). Though they are definitely full length releases (most are longer than the length of even an 80-minute Compact Disc), the fact that a majority of the tracks are either previously released recordings, re-recordings, or spoken word, results in the releases typically not being considered a "primary album release" for the artist.

[edit] List of iTunes Originals

Despite the cover images provided by iTunes, each iTunes Originals release is not simply titled iTunes Originals, but rather iTunes Originals - Artist in the files' album tag, and in iTunes' database. The following is a list of iTunes Originals albums (in alphabetical order by artist):