The Artist Direct website offers music videos, concert tickets, information about singers and bands and song downloads. You can download both paid and free songs on Artist Direct. The free songs are offered by new artists. You must register for an account to pay for and download the paid songs and albums. Artist Direct accepts PayPal for payments.
Amazon offers a variety of items for sale on their website such as electronics, books and music. You can purchase music in the form of CDs or you can download MP3s of single songs or albums. Before you purchase a song or album, you can listen to samples of songs on the album page. If you search for "Free MP3" on Amazon, you can find free songs to download. You must register for an Amazon account to download songs.
On Rhapsody you can listen to and download music. Rhapsody offers the option to listen to as many songs as you want for $10 a month, or you can listen to 25 songs per month for free, as of July 2010. If you find a song or album you want to download on Rhapsody, you must create an account to add the music to your shopping cart. After you pay for the song, you can download it to your computer and then add it to your MP3 player.
The website eMusic offers more than nine million songs for users to download. You must purchase an eMusic monthly subscription to download songs or albums. As of July 2010, subscription plans start at $11.99 for 24 song downloads and the plans can be canceled at any time. Songs downloaded from eMusic are compatible with all MP3 players, including the iPod and Zune.