With services like Rhapsody and Napster, you can download a certain amount of music for a fee. There are various levels and you can choose from, based on how many devices you will use, or how much music you would like to download.
You can download iTunes, an application you can use to download music -- singles and albums -- as well as movies and other entertainment. Although iTunes is an Apple application, you can use iTunes on a Mac or a PC. iTunes downloads the file in the advan ced audio coding (AAC) format, although you can convert between MP3 and AAC with a few clicks. iTunes often has music exclusive only to iTunes.
You can download albums from Amazon, Borders and Walmart. You might have to download software for sites such as Amazon. There may be a limited selection with some of these mainstream sites, but you will also find special edition items only available at those particular sites, such as concert albums only available from Walmart.