How many artists are there on iTunes?

26 million songs

It is widely known the fact that the iTunes Store, originally the iTunes Music Store, is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple Inc. It offers more than 26 million songs, 700,000 apps, 190,000 TV episodes and 45,000 films.  There is an average number of over 15,000 songs downloaded per minute.  Keep in mind that as of June 2013, the iTunes Store possesses 575 million active user accounts.  Needless to say, by February 6, 2013, the store had sold 25 billion songs all over the world.