Apple has climbed to the top of the charts, surpassing Wal-Mart for the first time ever, according to an NPD MusicWatch Survey via Ars Technica. Apple already passed Best Buy to become the number two retailer in the the US in December. This also depicts a clear changing music landscape, technology has allowed consumers to cherry pick tracks rather than purchasing full albums. Paid downloads accounted for almost 30 percent of all music sold in January, a number that would have been unthinkable just a few short years ago.