Steve Jobs is undoubtedly a huge fan of the Beatles. Their music can often be heard playing before Apple press events. Ironically, however, the Fab Four are nowhere to be found on iTunes–until now.

Apple is going to announce a deal that would give their iTunes store the rights to carry The Beatles‘ catalogue of music, reports the Wall Street Journal. The seminal rock ‘n’ roll band is the biggest hold out on iTunes, but not the only one–Led Zeppelin, Kid Rock, Pink Floyd, and AC/DC are among the others. According to sources close to the matter, the Beatles deal may have been struck last week, when reps from Apple, Apple Corps Ltd., and the Beatles’ struggling label, EMI, met to iron out the details.

Is this the announcement Apple is planning for tomorrow?

Is Apple trying to block popular European streaming music service Spotify’s US launch?

In meetings in Los Angeles recently, Apple executives told their music industry counterparts that they had serious doubts about whether Spotify’s business model could ever generate significant revenues or profits, according to two sources with knowledge of the discussions.

But Apple executives worried about the effects of a free music service might have on the rest of the market. They noted that it’s tough to sell something that someone else is giving away, the sources said. One industry insider said it is only logical that if Spotify were allowed to launch a free-music service here, at a time when Nielsen recently reported that the growth of digital sales has flattened out, it could eat into the businesses of proven revenue-producers like Apple and Amazon.

iTunes is operated at low-margins for Apple as a way to encourage iPod and iPhone hardware purchases, but low-margins at iTunes like sales levels is still a large amount of money and Apple hasn’t been this successful so far by leaving anything on the table.

‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Changes Unsigned LA Singer Christina Perri’s Life

“So You Think You Can Dance” is known for playing some pretty cool new music. It’s helped popularize artists like OneRepublic, Adele, Sam Sparro, Roisin Murphy and Goldfrapp. The latest “SYTYCD” success story is songstress Christina Perri, whose breakup ballad “Jar Of Hearts” stormed into the Billboard charts after it was surprisingly featured on the show.

Two weeks ago, Christina, was just another struggling artist waiting tables at the Melrose Place Café. But then, right in the middle of one of her worst days at work, a mutual friend (Keltie Colleen, a Radio City Rockette) got the Philly-bred troubadour’s demo into the hands of “SYTYCD” choreographer Stacey Tookey, who loved “Jars Of Hearts” so much, she asked Christina to rush-record a professional version to be used for the above Billy Bell/Kathryn McCormick “SYTYCD” routine back on June 30.

The song then exploded overnight, hitting number 13 on iTunes, number 23 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart, number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 54 on Canada’s single chart, number 10 on Amazon’s digital singles chart, and number 2 on Billboard‘s Heatseekers countdown. And it quickly sold more than 100,000 copies. All this without a record deal! Currently it is No.12 on iTunes.

Here’s how it broke on So You Think You Can Dance

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Check out Christina’s Website

Here’s a live version

Apple’s App Store is right now carrying the Apple Store app. If that statement doesn’t twist reality up in a Doctor Who style for you, then read on to find out about its iPhone-buying powers (from an iPhone!) and Genius session booking.

So the contest is now over and we’re hoping to see who won Apple’s 10 Billion iTunes Music download $10,000 iTunes gift card. Bought any good tunes recently? Let us know…

iTunes is holding a “Countdown to 10 Billion Songs” contest, with the customer who downloads that 10 billionth track set to receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Apple also offered up a $10,000 iTunes gift card to the winner in the race to one billion songs; Coldplay’s “Speed of Sound” was the track that brought iTunes to ten-digit downloads.