Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig appstore.com. NS
Answer
appstore.com. 5 NS a.ns.apple.com.
appstore.com. 5 NS b.ns.apple.com.
appstore.com. 5 NS c.ns.apple.com.
appstore.com. 5 NS d.ns.apple.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0