Apple has reportedly announced that its iTunes music store has become the first electronic music supplier to retain over one million tracks available for downloading onto iPod music devices, according to Synthtopia.

The news follows earlier revelations confirming Apple’s agreement with leading European independent music labels, Beggars Group, Sanctuary Records Group and V2.

“The iTunes music store offers the world’s most extensive collection of downloadable music with over one million tracks available,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of applications.

“With more than one million songs, over 600 independent labels and dozens of innovative features, iTunes is the ultimate destination for discovering and downloading music.”

The iTunes music store now features music from all five major record labels in addition to the 600-plus leading independent labels from around the world.

The site also holds more than 70 per cent of the world’s market share of legal downloads for singles and albums.