There is never too much music and it never gets boring. Here is a selection of the best music sites where you can listen to hundreds of your favorite albums.
Most of these sites provide completely free access to their music catalogs, although on some you will still have to put up with a bit of advertising. If you are faced with the fact that one of these services does not want to work due to regional restrictions, then use any browser extension that has proxy server functions. I usually use Hola.
SoundCloud
Some people also call SoundCloud “YouTube for audio.”
Indeed, the concept is very similar - authors can post their musical compositions here, and all users can freely listen to them. To the credit of the creators, they managed to protect their service from becoming a music dump thanks to a well-thought-out policy to attract talented performers. So today SoundCloud is perhaps the largest and most successful independent platform for promoting young talent.
Zvuki.ru
A convenient resource from which you can download music compositions. The portal content is conveniently sorted. You can search for the desired track by album, title or artist. There is an “albums” section, which presents the most popular or recently released records. New items can be sorted by release time, viewing those published for the current day, week or month.
Spotify Music
Spotify is the only online service that has so far managed to compete with products from Google and Apple. This is explained not only by the presence of a huge music catalog, but also by the boldness with which the developers introduce new functions.
It was here that thematic playlists, a music section for athletes, game soundtracks, a weekly review of acclaimed albums, and many other innovations first appeared. Therefore, we recommend this service to all music lovers who want to always be at the forefront of progress.
Spotify
The world's most popular streaming music service, Spotify, has been trying to officially launch in Russia for many years now, but so far everything is at the level of rumors and conversations. Therefore, we will operate only with facts. Firstly, to use the service in Russia, you need to register through a VPN, selecting the country where it officially operates. Secondly, the cost of Spotify is not “Russified” in any way - for a family subscription you will have to pay $14.99 per month, for an individual subscription - $9.99, and for a student subscription - $4.99. The first two months are available for just two dollars. This service is more like a social network for music lovers. Here you can add other users as friends, read music news and exchange messages.
Last.fm
In the recent past, this service was very popular among music lovers due to the fact that it was able to track listening history in almost any music player and create recommendations and playlists based on it.
Thus, Last.fm has accumulated a huge database of listeners’ musical preferences and has learned to fairly accurately predict which track you’ll want to listen to next. So if you want good music to never end, this is the place for you.
Zf.fm
A site with a simple, clear and user-friendly interface. Its main purpose is to listen to music online. To do this, on the main page of the portal there is a selection of the most popular tracks among users. When you press the "play" button, they will be played in the same order as they are located.
Any track can be downloaded. It's completely free (as is listening).
Searching is possible only by a fragment of the title of a musical work or its artist. There is no sorting by release date or genre.
The main problem of the site is that access to it is limited on the territory of the Russian Federation. You can only access the resource through TOR or VPN. However, the zf.fm domain has recently been unavailable. Instead, you must enter the address of the site mirror - zk.fm.
Advantages and disadvantages
convenient online listening;
playlists of the most popular ones compiled in advance by the administration.
inconvenient search;
the site does not work in the Russian Federation without additional tools.
Pandora
Pandora is a place where you can not only listen to your favorite music, but also discover new artists that deserve your attention. First, you need to enter the names of several musicians whose work you like best.
After this, the service will start playing similar music, and you will be able to evaluate the selection of artists using your ratings. This way, the service will increasingly adapt to your tastes and, over time, will be able to create simply ideal playlists.
Option 3
Users are often interested in how to download songs from the Yandex website. Music. Unique selections for all occasions, popular and rare hits - YAM is a real paradise for music lovers. In order to download songs from Yandex. For music, you will have to install a special browser extension.
Follow the link: https://skyload.io/welcome?lang=ru and the extension will automatically be installed on your computer. After installing the extension, be sure to restart your browser.
We will describe step by step how to download music for free from the YAM service:
- Go to Yandex. Music and in the browser, find the new application button in the upper right corner of the window;
- find the track you need in the search bar and open the page with the track in a new window;
- click on the application button, a window will appear on top of the page with all the tracks that are on the page;
- Click on the desired file and the download will begin. By default, the music will be saved in the Downloads folder.
Zvooq
One of our few services that, with proper promotion, could provide real competition to the leaders. Zvooq looks great, sounds good and provides timely information about new high-profile releases.
Visitors, even without registration, have the opportunity to listen for free to the service’s rich collection of music recordings, which is updated daily with new albums. In addition, here you can find genre channels, various charts and simply playlists for different moods.
Muz.ru
Muz.ru is a site for downloading musical compositions. This domain name is currently used by a ticketing resource. Materials from the old site are available at another address: muz-baza.net. You cannot listen to music there, only downloading is available. Moreover, not one song at a time, but only the whole album. These shortcomings are compensated by a very convenient search by genre. Using the site is absolutely free.
Advantages and disadvantages
free to use;
convenient genre search.
You can’t listen online;
You can only upload entire albums.
8tracks
The 8tracks music collection was formed by numerous users of the resource, who were simply allowed to upload their favorite tracks and create playlists from them. This is how this unique catalog was created, which simply has no analogues.
In it you can easily find soundtracks for any activity and mood using a convenient filter system and a built-in search system. And if you want, you can also download your own favorite tunes so that you never have to part with them.
Using search engines
You can use the simplest way - this is to search for the required song by name on the entire global network. To do this, you will need one of the popular search engines, for example, Google or Yandex. Open the search page and enter the name of the artist/group and the title of the song in the top line. Then click on the search icon or press Enter.
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You can also add the word “download” or “download for free” to the request so that the desired sites appear at the very top of the search results.
Now check out the sites carefully. Open several links and compare them. Choose only those resources that do not cause you suspicion. The download must be carried out without entering personal data or sending SMS. The downloaded song must be either in an archive or in an audio format, such as MP3.
If you wanted to download a song, but received an EXE file, then under no circumstances open it. This is how the portal’s creators are trying to distribute adware at the expense of inattentive users.
However, we can offer you more reliable methods for downloading music from the Internet. You can find them below.
DashRadio
DashRadio is an online radio station broadcasting 24/7 . Here you cannot listen to any single album or music track, but you can enjoy the endless sound of music from your favorite genres.
The choice of stations is very large and they cover almost all musical genres. If you take a few minutes to register, you can save your favorite stations for quick access the next time you visit the site.
Torrent trackers
And another option is torrent trackers. The method is most relevant if you download music in albums or entire discographies. On trackers you can find a special section with this topic. For example, on Rutracker all compositions are divided by genre.
To download, you will need a special program that opens torrent files. We recommend installing uTorrent.
RadioTuna
There are tens of thousands of different radio stations on the network, so it can be quite difficult to navigate this diversity. RadioTuna makes it easy to cope with this task, because it knows literally everything about network radios.
Using this site, you can not only filter stations by genre, but even select from them only those that broadcast your favorite songs most often. You can save your favorite streams in the service’s favorites and then easily switch between them. [Android]
Zv.fm
The zv.fm resource is accessible to everyone, registered or unregistered, and therefore allows you to download music for free and without registration in mp3 format.
Users are given the opportunity to add their favorite songs and create playlists from already downloaded audio.
Those who like to listen to the radio can choose any of 130 radio stations directly on the website.
Mixcloud
Mixcloud is created for fans of large format. In the sense that only long (an hour or more) mixes and DJ sets are posted here.
An ideal choice for those occasions when you do not have the opportunity to constantly switch tracks, for example for a dance party, a romantic date or meditative relaxation. Maximum music, minimum movement.
RealMusic.ru
A resource with a very convenient search system. You can search for a track by:
- musician;
- name;
- genre;
- novelty;
- popularity.
There is also a system of tags collected in a “cloud” on the main page. For example, by clicking on you can see a list of romantic songs.
All audio files presented on the site can be listened to and downloaded for free. Listening is only possible through a third-party player on a PC, since there is no own one on the site.
The resource is blocked in Russia, so for residents of our country it is only available through VPN or TOR.
Advantages and disadvantages
a big library;
free to use;
convenient search system.
the resource is accessible only through TOR;
no own player.
TuneIn
TuneIn is a huge catalog of online radio stations with tens of thousands of channels. In it you will find not only music stations for every taste, but also podcasts, sports, talk, news, and political programs.
All this wealth is neatly sorted by genre, language, country and category, so if you, for example, suddenly become interested in the Vietnamese underground, you can find that here too. Please note that there are even those stations here that usually do not allow you to listen to their streams anywhere except on their website.
Zaycev.net
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The service allows you not only to listen to music online, but also to download it to your PC or mobile device, as well as listen to ready-made playlists of various channels. All records are conveniently located for searching: there is a division by genre, artist, and new releases. You can register on the site, which will allow you to participate in discussions on the local forum, or you can leave comments through Vkontakte. In total, there are about 14 million regular visitors to zaycev.net.
Additional features:
- Free audiobooks available;
- you can download an application for your mobile device, which will make it easier to work with the site;
- the user has the opportunity to upload his own records to the portal (after registration).
Deezer
Deezer is very similar to its competitors Spotify and Last.fm, but it can’t get out of its role as a perpetual outsider. It seems that the music catalog is huge (35 million tracks), and the design is excellent, and there are applications for all popular platforms, but this streaming service cannot break into the first positions.
But you can listen to music here completely free of charge, if you don’t pay attention to the short advertising inserts between songs. And this service is available in our country without any tricks with anonymizers, which distinguishes it favorably from the same Spotify or Pandora.
Amazon Music Unlimited
In recent years, the former online bookstore has turned into a real monster, which even has its own production of TV series (and a platform for displaying them), as well as a whole line of its own devices for various purposes. The store, however, also remained, but along with other additions. For example, with music streaming, which is almost as popular as services from Spotify or Apple, although it opened earlier than everyone else - in early 2007 (Spotify - in 2008).
Pros : many years of experience, large catalog - about 30 million songs.
Disadvantages : The service does not officially operate in Russia, in addition, its subscription price is very high compared to its competitors.
Cost: In the USA - $7.99 per month. This is noticeably more than that of competitors. There's also Prime Music, but it's only available to Amazon.Prime subscribers, which generally costs $12.99 per month.
How to download music to your phone using cloud services
There are a huge number of cloud services with which you can synchronize your phone and PC. The most popular include:
- Yandex Disk;
- Google Drive;
- Drop Box;
You just need to download the cloud to your computer and phone and log in. Then transfer files from your computer to the cloud. All audio will automatically be displayed on the phone, since this is how cloud storage works: devices are synchronized.
This way you can download music not only through the phone itself, but also through your computer. Which method to choose depends primarily on the user.
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Apple Music
Apple Music lets you listen to a wide variety of music.
This platform differs from many others primarily in that it is intended for owners of Apple equipment, but it can also be used on a smartphone running the Android operating system.
The most significant advantages of this platform are considered to be:
- Ability to play songs from the application catalog and add your own.
- The ability to create a playlist, watch movies and video clips.
All subsections are sorted by performers, styles, genres, etc. As for the disadvantages of this platform, the most significant of them is that you need to regularly enter your bank card details.
