iTunes Names Justin Timberlake Artist of the Year

Apple Inc. released its annual lists ofbest-sellers. The lists are particularly important due to Apple'smarket dominance, owning 63% of digital music downloads in U.S.Domestic market.

Justin Timberlake is this year's bigwinner, winning the Artist of the year award as well as Best SellingAlbum of the year with his "The 20/20 Experience.

"Timberlake got away with the title asthe list is based on downloads up to Dec.16, capturing just a fewdays of Beyonce's album's sales, which with breaking the iTunes records forfirst week sales will top the list this week.