Apple today announced it is opening four new iTunes stores in the following countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. This brings the total number of countries to 19.

The stores feature 1.5 million songs from the four major record labels and over 1000 independent labels.

“The iTunes Music Store has revolutionized the way we discover and enjoy music, and is now selling more than half a billion songs per year,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Applications. “With iTunes Music Stores now in 19 countries, music fans around the world can enjoy the number one online music service in the world.”

Alongside the announcement, Apple and UBS are giving away a free song to every Swiss citizen over the age of 13 as part of their “UBS Generation” and “UBS Campus” packages. UBS will be selling song cards to be used at the store instead of credit cards.

The new European stores include featured songs from Kent, Stereophonics and The Cardigans. In addition, the iTunes Music Stores today added downloadable music videos to play on your Mac or PC with the purchase of albums or tracks from Dave Matthews Band, Gorillaz, Morcheeba and The Shins. iTunes 4.8 may be required for certain features.






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