Illegally downloading music isn’t an option if you’re looking to support the artists and producers who enrich our lives — as you should be.

As any true music lover knows, you should try to support the people who make your favorite tunes. Downloading may not be as popular as streaming music, and there are some convenient ways to stream your favorite tracks for free, such as Apple Music and Spotify. But if you don’t want to pay, streaming options beyond that are fairly limited. So, what are the best free music download sites?

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Below are a few of our favorites, so you can keep the tunes going even when your car rounds the next bend or Comcast decides to cut you off. Many of these sites are void of Billboard artists like Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar, but if you look in the right spots, you’ll find a few hits from some big names, along with scores of independent artists that should keep your ears happy and your wallet heavy.

Free Music Archive

In 2009, New Jersey-based WFMU Radio embarked on a project to make contemporary music of all genres available to the public, and the Free Music Archive was born. Since its inception, WFMU has partnered with dozens of other curators, and the site has become a veritable treasure trove of free content.

The site combines two different approaches to posting tracks: First, it indexes free music posted by all of its partner curators, and second, it allows users to post their own music directly to the archives. This synthesis of sources creates a mind-boggling library of tracks that you could literally spend months browsing through, whether you choose to do so by curator or genre. In addition, the site hosts a myriad of podcasts, and renowned radio stations such as Seattle’s KEXP frequently post live cuts from their studio sessions with big-name acts passing through. The smash tracks may lack some post-production, but they’re also free.

SoundCloud

Not every song posted on SoundCloud is free (or good, for that matter), but both big-name and lesser-known artists often offer free downloads if you can manage to find their verified profile — though sometimes you may have to drop them a like on Facebook or a follow on Twitter for the privilege. You can browse SoundCloud by artist, genre, popularity, or latest postings; you will be surprised at how many free tracks can be found. There is also a section of the site dedicated to tracks released under Creative Commons licenses, which means you’re free to download, remix, or tweak them as much as you like.

SoundCloud essentially serves as the YouTube of music uploading, in the sense that anyone can upload their tracks before specifying whether they’re available for download or strictly for streaming purposes. Moreover, the site touts an extremely active user community and one of the sleekest user interfaces of any site on our list, one conveniently lined with a navigational bar at the top and direct access to the service’s accompanying mobile apps. Fair warning: SoundCloud’s had a bit of financial trouble recently, so you might want to visit the site soon and go on a downloading spree just in case the site goes kaput.

ReverbNation

Big names like Alabama Shakes, The Civil Wars, and Imagine Dragons all got their start on ReverbNation by sharing their music for free and building up their loyal fanbase. There is a mix of every genre on ReverbNation, but the site tends to lean toward more pop, alternative, and hip-hop than anything else. With a community of nearly 4 million artists, labels, and users, ReverbNation helps you sift through its immersive catalog with cool features like the site’s Discover app and a page that will help you find who is about to be the next big thing.

Amazon

You’re probably used to using this online retailer to buy everything from the best headphones to dog food, so why not add some free music to your shopping list? Believe it or not, Amazon has a massive assortment of thousands of free tunes available via its digital music arm, letting you pick through everything from obscure indie and classical music to hits by the Foo Fighters. There are a lot of free streaming options, but classic big-name artists like Carole King also have tracks to download if you do a little digging. Checkout is quick and painless, and it works just like buying a song that costs money on Amazon, sans payment. Simply add a song to your shopping cart, check out, and the tunes are yours.

DatPiff

Rap lovers, rejoice! Since the mid-aughts, the hip-hop community has become a veritable breeding ground for free music, much of which comes in the form of mixtapes. Some are original compilations by artists looking to cop some shine, some feature rappers freestyling over popular instrumentals from their contemporaries, and some are just dropped by artists looking to reward their loyal fans with some free tunes — we’re looking at you, Curren$y.

DatPiff is also the only site on this list that consistently offers free music from mainstream artists — think Future and Drake — and remains the No. 1 spot for fans to download new tapes, view release schedules, and listen to fan-made compilation albums. The site even features a pop-out player so you can listen before you download, as well as a news aggregator that collects stories from sites like HipHopEarly.

Audiomack

There’s now a new kid on the block that’s challenging DatPiff’s domination. It’s called Audiomack, and it’s home to what’s fast been branded the best collection of hip-hop, rap and trap — comprising of everything from smash hits from heavyweights like Kodak Black to viral tracks from emerging artists like NBA YoungBoy. As of late, however, a lot of creators have decided to disable downloads, instead opting to utilizing the service’s streaming feature; although rest assured, there is still a large amount of downloadable material on there, including some mixtapes by Migos, Playboi Carti, and Rich The Kid.

Live Music Archive is essentially a partnership between Internet Archive and etree.org, a community dedicated to providing high-quality, lossless versions of live concerts. You can think of it as a bootlegger’s paradise given the site’s sheer abundance of concert material, much of which focuses on jam bands such as the Grateful Dead, String Cheese Incident, and Sound Tribe Sector 9. Still, there are a host of other bands to choose from — The Smashing Pumpkins, Jack Johnson, Animal Collective, etc. — along with plenty of genres to browse, ranging from jazz to reggae.

Navigation is a bit of a chore due to the overwhelming wealth of content, but there are ways to filter the results by title, publish date, or original creator. Once you find a particular show, you can often stream or download the individual tracks as a FLAC or MP3, allowing you to play the tracks in your media player of choice. Unfortunately, the site doesn’t ensure a quality performance — so we’d recommend previewing anything that sounds like it could tickle your fancy using Live Music Archive’s web player before taking the plunge and downloading it for local playback.

Jamendo

With hundreds of thousands of tracks from thousands of artists, Jamendo is easily one of the biggest repositories of free music on the web. You won’t find all of your favorite artists here, but the site’s streamlined user interface makes it great for browsing and finding talented new musicians. Instead of browsing by genre, you peruse tracks by popularity, most downloaded, most played, or latest release. Popularity is based on user ratings, so despite the massive number of tracks on the site, you don’t have to spend a lot of time searching before you find stuff that pleases your ears. To be sure, the site’s penchant for lesser-known artists and experimental tracks makes it more suited for someone looking for something new rather than specific artists.

NoiseTrade

NoiseTrade is one part free music site, one part promotion platform. You can download any individual track or album an independent artist uploads to the site if, in turn, you generously supply them with your email address and postal code. The freemium promotion platform also encourages you to spread the word about artists you like via Facebook and Twitter while giving you the option to quickly tip the artist a suggested $4 donation.

The site’s user interface is also remarkably clean and simple, allowing you to effortlessly search or browse artists within a visual hub loaded with recommendations and complimentary mixtapes that cover a wide swath of genres, musicians, and forthcoming events. Furthermore, the site often boasts exclusive samplers and releases from artists before they premiere elsewhere, along with corresponding links that connect you with artists’ social-media pages and management. Some of our favorite albums being offered last time we checked? Wild Ones’ Keep it Safeand John Prine’s Live in Asheville ’86.

Musopen

If you’re a fan of classical music, finding free downloads is easy — after all, most classical compositions and many performances have long been in the public domain. Musopen, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and accessibility of classical music, hosts an impressive library of compositions without any copyright restrictions. Users can browse by composer or performer, or filter results based on the time period and instrument. Whether you enjoy the complex arrangements of the Baroque period or the fierce passion of the Romantics, Musopen probably has what you’re looking for.

The selections are available for streaming or downloading — some even in high resolution — and the site offers a copious amount of helpful background info for your perusal. If you’re curious what a rondo is or what defined Chopin’s style, you can learn all that here. Musicians may also be delighted to learn that the site provides sheet music, so if you find yourself falling in love with a particular piece, you can follow along or even learn to play it.

Last.fm

When Last.fm was initially created in 2002, it functioned as an internet radio station in a similar fashion to Pandora and iHeartRadio. In 2005, however, the site adopted Audioscrobbler, a music-recommendation system that collects data from dozens of media players and music-streaming websites to craft individual user profiles that reflect their musical taste and listening habits. Last.fm has now “scrobbled” info from nearly 100 billion plays, which total more than 7 million years’ worth of listening.

Unbeknownst to many Last.fm users, though, is the site’s repository of free music. It’s accessible via the “Free Music Downloads” link at the bottom of the page — or here — and offers a fairly diverse library of free music, ranging from Sufjan Stevens to The Glitch Mob. It’s eclectic, if limited, and totally free.

Looking for free music downloads? Turns out there are lots of legal places to get them. Here are the top 10.

Updated for 2019! Please let us know any other suggestions in the comments below.

You’d be amazed how much free (and legal) free music downloads are available online. You just need to know where to look.

Here are just a few of our free music download favorites for June and July. Keep in mind that this list is constantly being updated, and also includes a bunch of specialty music downloader apps. So keep checking back for more favorites!

1. Jamendo Music
2. SoundCloud
3. Amazon Music
4. SoundClick
5. ReverbNation
6. MP3Juices
7. Mp3 Music Download Hunter
8. Wynk Music: MP3 & Hindi Songs
9. Spinrilla
10. My Mixtapez Music

Below is a complete summary and review of all of these free music download sites. Enjoy!

Also: got a free music download site you like? Let us know in the comments and we’ll test it out.

1. Jamendo Music

Jamendo Music has been offering free music downloads for years. All of these downloads are completely free (so no letters from your ISP) and protected by Creative Commons licenses. That basically means that the creators of these songs don’t mind if you download their music for personal enjoyment.

This is all independent music. So if you’re looking for DJ Khaled or Drake, you’ll probably have to go elsewhere (try YouTube Music, Spotify, or Apple Music).

Basically, Jamendo is geared towards the music explorer. Plus, they also have free radio stations and playlists that constantly update. Once you’ve got a good collection of free music downloads, you can easily access them offline on your iOS, Android, or other device. You’ll need a music downloader app to help organize it all (here’s a list of them).

And looking to license music for your video, commercial, or film? That’s where Jamendo’s paid tier enters the picture. The prices are reasonable, and the catalog is rich. You can’t go wrong.

Go to Jamendo Music here.

2. SoundCloud

Just like Amazon offers a free music download collection, so does SoundCloud. But you have to know how to find them.

So here’s how it works: SoundCloud is essentially a free streaming service. But a lot of artists also allow free downloads as well. You have to search around, but you’ll see a free music download option if the artist has enabled it.

Then, it’s yours!

Keep in mind that many larger artists only stream. In fact, most major label artists are prohibited from offering free downloads, based on their contracts. That has spawned a group of SoundCloud downloaders to work around that limitation, though SoundCloud doesn’t (technically) authorize those apps.

Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a dedicated free music download section. And, there’s little chance that will happen in the future, so happy exploring!

Check out SoundCloud here.

3. Amazon Music

Yes, Amazon Music offers a ton of free music downloads! They even have a free music download section that is constantly being updated.

(Actually, they also do this for books as well.)

But back to the music. Amazon’s selection is actually pretty amazing, and features newer releases from a lot of big-name artists. That includes names like Foo Fighters, Blondie, Chance the Rapper, Carole King, and the Philharmonic Orchestra Bratislava — depending on when you check in. That last one’s for you classical lovers, but there’s also a ton of meditation, workout, and focus-oriented music.

Why are they doing this? The answer is simple: they want you to try out their more involved music streaming service. Or, pick up an Amazon Prime account (which comes bundled with music). Anything to get you into the Amazon circle of products.

And yeah, Amazon Music is a pretty good streaming service if you’re looking to upgrade.

Once you’ve grabbed a few free mp3s from Amazon’s free music download section, you can take them anywhere. That includes any smartphone, starting with iPhone (iOS) and Android devices. But you’ll need a good music downloader to neatly organize it all.

Check out Amazon Music’s free music download section here.

4. SoundClick

SoundClick offers free downloads from thousands of artist websites. That includes signed, unsigned, independent, and everything in-between. Hanuman amritvani lyrics. Basically, if the artist wants to offer a free music download, then SoundClick will try to deliver it.

Searching for music is pretty simple. You can search by artist, genre, or by chart. You can sample as much as you want, and download whatever you want. There’s also a radio option that lets you sample music while multi-tasking on something else.

One warning: SoundClick does offer a mix of paid and free content. The reason is that some artists prefer to charge for their downloads, while others want to give it away for free. Their choice, but you can sample whatever you choose.

Also, there aren’t full catalogs for artists like DJ Khaled or Drake. For that, you’ll probably need to head over to Spotify or iTunes, and whip out your wallet.

Just make sure to download your collection in an easy folder. Then, it’s time to manage your collection with a music downloader app.

Check out SoundClick here.

5. ReverbNation

ReverbNation has millions of emerging artists, across hundreds of different genres. You can discover what you like, and lots of artists will allow you to freely download their music.

The approach is somewhat like SoundCloud. You can stream whatever you want, but you have to check to see if a free download option is enabled. That’s not the easily setup, but if you’re in discovery mode, it’s only somewhat inconvenient.

Once you find something you like, it’s yours.

Like SoundCloud, many of the larger ReverbNation artists only stream. Right now, ReverbNation doesn’t have a dedicated download section.

Check out ReverbNation’s ‘Discover’ area here.

6. MP3juices.cc

MP3juices actually got shut down by the London Police in 2014. Now, the site has re-emerged at MP3juices.cc as a streaming-to-download site, including YouTube conversion. Basically, you can search for whatever tracks you want, and MP3juices.cc will convert the track into a free music download for you.

They even offer an ‘Mp3 Cutter’ to help trim unwanted intros or ‘white noise’ on downloads.

Just a word of caution: YouTube-to-MP3 sites get a little tricky legally, so just be careful. Basically, the industry is clamping down hardcore on a lot of these sites, as translating a video into a free music download violates copyright. That means you could end up getting a nasty letter from your ISP, or even a label, none of which isn’t fun.

So, try to avoid Drake and Rihanna downloads and you’re fine. Instead, go for copyright-free songs that can be used for any purpose, and you’ll be legally clear. Here’s a good place to start.

Actually, if you end up using any of this music in a production, just be sure to credit the creator. That will help them get their name out, and maybe land a juicy paid slot.

7. MP3 Music Download Hunter (App)

MP3 Music Download Hunter is a relative newcomer in the Android app space. But it’s proving to be a solid option for free music downloads. Basically, Download Hunter scours millions of copyright-free songs for download. Technically, these are Creative Commons licensed songs, which means the creators have authorized free downloading (and uploading, for that matter).

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If you’re planning on using any of these songs for commercial use, check with the copyright owner. Otherwise, if it’s just for private, just spread the word to help these artists get bigger!

Mp3 Music Download Hunter is currently available through the Google Play Store. Its rating is a modest 3.3, but a lot of people are giving the app a ‘1’ expecting major label content. Basically, they were looking for artists like Trey Songz or Katy Perry, which MP3 Hunter doesn’t offer.

After locating a collection of free music downloads, Hunter helps you organize them. That includes organization and storage for offline listening on mobile devices. Of course, that’s great for anyone worried about cellular bandwidth charges.

MP3 Music Downloader Hunter is available here.

8. Wynk Music: MP3 & Hindi Songs (App)

If you’re looking for Indian music, Airtel is offering a great way to find and organize free music downloads. Basically, Wynk not only offers free mp3s, but it manages and organizes them as well. A stepped-up premium plan includes streaming and a larger selection, though Airtel users can qualify for extended premium trials or bundled premium options. Just check your plan!

Sub-genres span Bollywood, Bhangra, Tamil, and Punjabi, with lots of music in a variety of regional dialects. Just to give you a sample, the dialect selection includes the following: Malayalam, Rajasthani, Marathi, Kannada, Bengali, Telugu, Bhojpuri, and Gujarati, among others.

Beyond Indian regional music, there are also a lot of global, mainstream songs. Think Coldplay, Jason Derulo, Shakira, and the Chainsmokers, and you get the idea. That said, that’s not the main focus of this app. But it’s a nice addition for those that want some global variety.

In total, Wynk offers 2.6 million tracks of mostly Indian music. There are also a huge number of playlists and a full-blown radio service. Again, most are focused on Indian music.

There are a few other cool options and features. That includes ringtones, ringback tones, an English-language option, and even Chromecast support.

Here’s a video that describes the offering a bit more:

You can find Wynk Music here.

9. Spinrilla (Site+App)

Please note: Last we heard, Spinrilla was getting sued by the major recording labels for illegally offering free music downloads and mixtapes. In response, Spinrilla’s attorneys have argued that the labels themselves sent them music for their mixtapes, making this a super-confusing situation. As of this writing, the app itself is on the Google Play Store, though a bad legal turn could get it ripped down. We’ll keep you updated on this situation.

If you like hip-hop mixtapes, you might want to check out Spinrilla. Basically, Spinrilla taps into a treasure trove of mixtapes from established sites like DatPiff, then reassembles them into a single interface.

Spinrilla is a site and an app. According to its Google Play Store listing, Sprinrilla has more than 5 million downloads.

The ratings on this app are pretty strong. And hip-hop heads regard this as a top app. On Google Play, Spinrilla has a rating of 4.3 stars (out of 5). But, here’s another sticky spot: Spinrilla has no affiliation with LiveMixtapes, DatPiff, or MyMixtapez (keep reading), though it pulls heavily from those mixtape hubs. So we’re not sure if that’s ruffling any feathers.

Oh, and they know they’re big! The app calls itself the ‘800-lb gorilla of free hip-hop mixtapes’. The app even allows streaming. But pro tip: download on Wifi to avoid cellular bandwidth charges.

You can find Spinrilla here.

10. My Mixtapez Music (App)

Just like Spinrilla, My Mixtapez Music is all about hip-hop mixtapes. But there are a few differences that hip-hop aficionados will want to weigh.

For starters, both offer lots of different mixtapes from endless rappers and DJs. And both offer the option to enjoy free music downloads for offline listening. But dive into My Mixtapez, and you’ll see a number of differences in selection, organization, and selected artists. You might even decide to roll with both!

Currently, Mixtapez isn’t getting sued (that we’ve heard). But this is an unstable situation, so we’ll keep you updated. Right now, the site hasn’t been deemed illegal, but be prepared for a rude shutdown (cause that’s how it goes sometimes).

Actually, My Mixtapez also puts a nice spotlight on indie artists and emerging rappers. That includes a lot of rappers that could be massive in a few years, with mixtapes still providing a huge promotional role.

Check out the Mixtapez free music downloader app here.

In conclusion, it’s probably worth trying out a few options out before making a final choice. Throughout, we just ask that you respect copyrighted material and pay for stuff that isn’t royalty-free. Lastly, if you see a free music download app you love that didn’t make this list, let us know and we’ll check it out! Thanks for reading our list.