Best Online Music Sites
Congratulations to our 2009 Editor's Choice winners:
Best
Music Service -eMusic (eMusic review)
Best
Value - RealPlayer SuperPass (SuperPass review)
Best
Internet Radio - Live365 (Live365 review)
Best
Software to Record Audio Streams - Replay Music (Replay Music review)
Best
Ringtones - Flycell (Flycell review)
Best
Music Promotion Site - Ourstage (OurStage review)
Best Overall - eMusic offers over 6 million DRM free mp3's. The fact that their entire library is DRM free means you can copy songs to your computer, CD or mp3 player. The songs are even iPod / Zune compatible. eMusic is offering two weeks free including free MP3 song downloads to all new customers. Keep all the songs downloaded even if you cancel during the 14 day trial.
Best Value - RealPlayer SuperPass includes a lot for the money. Starting with RealPlayer Plus and then add DRM-free music downloads, movies, games, virus protections and lots of other content. Read our SuperPass review to learn more or try SuperPass free for 14 days.
Best Internet Radio - Live365 offers over 5,000 Internet radio stations in hundreds of genres and spans over 150 countries. Listen ad-free for under $5 a month or host your own station for under $10. Live 365 gives you 5 days of ad-free radio stations free of charge to try the service.
Best Software to Record Audio Streams - Replay Music records high quality MP3's from Internet radio and music subscription services. Once recorded the tracks are automatically extracted and tagged with artist, song title, album and genre for easy use. Download the Replay Music free trial and record up to 25 tracks.
Best Ringtones- Flycell gives you access to ringtones, games, graphics, applications, text and more for under $10 a month. Sign up directly from your cell phone and have it billed to the phone's account. New customers get 15 bonus ringhtones just for signing up.
Best Music Promotion Site - have music you would like to promote online? If so check out OurStage. The site does not charge for uploading tracks or listening to other artists. A number of music labels have partnered with OurStage to offer top artists cash prizes and the opportunity to perform at some of the nation's largest music events including Bonaroo music festival.