Comparison of online music stores

## Contents

* 1 Current retailers
* 2 Defunct retailers
* 3 See also
* 4 Notes and references

## Current retailers

The following table lists online music stores that carry a selection of songs by many record labels and artists.

Store  | Tracks
(million)  | Geographic
restrictions  | Purchase Platform  | FLAC  | ALAC | WAV | AIFF | AAC | MP3 | WMA | Vorbis | DRM  | Preview (s)  | Trial  | Streaming
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7digital | 27[1] | Yes
[2] | Web, Android  | 24-bit  | No  | No  | No  | 320 kbps  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | 30-60  | No  | ?
Acoustic Sounds  | ?  | Yes  | Web  | 24-bit  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 30 | No  | ?
Amazon Music | 20[3] | Yes  | Web, Android[4] | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 256 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | 30 | No  | Yes
Bandcamp  | 18.1 | No  | Web  | 24-bit  | 24-bit  | 24-bit  | 24-bit  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | Full  | No  | ?
Beatport  | 7.8 | Yes
[5] | Web  | No  | No  | 16-bit  | 16-bit  | No  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | 120 | No  | ?
Bleep.com  | ?  | No  | Web  | 16-bit  | No  | 24-bit  | No  | No  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | Full  | No  | ?
Classical Archives  | 0.62 | Yes  | Web  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | 60 | Yes  | ?
eMusic  | 17[6] | Yes
[7] | Web[8] | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | 30
[8] | Yes  | ?
Google Play Music | 40[9] | Yes
[10] | Web, Android, iOS  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | 90
[11] | No  | Yes
HDtracks  | ?  | Yes

[12] | Web  | 24-bit  | 24-bit  | 24-bit  | 24-bit  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 30 | No  | ?
iTunes Store | 43[13] | Yes
[14] | Windows, macOS
iOS, tvOS | No  | No  | No  | No  | 256 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | No
(previously FairPlay) | 90
[15] | No  | Apple Music
Jamendo  | 0.21 | No  | Web  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | Full  | No  | ?
Juno Download  | ?  | Yes
[16] | Web  | 16-bit  | 16-bit  | 16-bit  | 16-bit  | No  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | 60 | No  | ?
Magnatune  | 0.01 | No  | Web  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | Full  | Yes  | ?
MAQAM  | 0.01 | No  | Web  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | 45 | No  | ?
mora  | 4.4 | Yes
Japan  | Web  | 24-bit  | No  | No  | No  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 30 | No  | ?
Nimbit  | 1 | No  | Web  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | Full + Custom  | Yes  | ?
NoiseTrade | ?  | No  | Web  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | Full  | Free  | ?
ProStudioMasters  | ?  | Yes  | Web  | 24-bit  | No  | No  | 24-bit  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 30 | No  | ?
Qobuz  | 28[17] | Yes  | Web, Android, iOS
Kindle, Windows 8[18] | 24-bit  | 24-bit  | 24-bit  | 24-bit  | 320 kbps  | 320 kbps  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | 30-60  | Yes[17] | ?
Supraphononline  | 4.3 | No  | Web  | 16+24-bit  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | 30+30  | No  | ?
Tidal | 40[19] | Yes  | Web  | 16-bit  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 320 kbps  | No  | No  | No  | 30 | No  | No
Store  | Tracks
(million)  | Geographic
restrictions  | Purchase Platform  | FLAC  | ALAC | WAV | AIFF | AAC | MP3 | WMA | Vorbis | DRM  | Preview (s)  | Trial  | Streaming
available

## Defunct retailers

MSN Music closed on November 14, 2006. Its DRM servers were originally scheduled to shutdown August 31, 2008, but they later relented and committed to keeping the DRM servers active through the end of 2011.

Yahoo! Music Unlimited ceased operating on September 30, 2008. Users' purchases were transferred to Rhapsody.

Wal-Mart Stores operated an online music store, but discontinued it in 2011.[20]

Puretracks operated an online music store, but discontinued it in 2013.[21]

Pono Music closed in July 2016.[22]

GhostTunes closed on March 3, 2017.[23]

Microsoft Store removed music sales from its store on December 31, 2017.[24]

BuyMusic was a digital branch of Buy.com, launched around 2003, was later merged into the music section of Buy.com, and then shut down a few years later.[25]

Technics Tracks closed on June 30, 2018.

Onkyo Music, a reseller of 7digital's services, closed worldwide on October 6, 2019.

CD Baby closed its retail store on March 31, 2020.

## See also

* Comparison of on-demand music streaming services
* Comparison of online music lockers
* List of online music databases

## Notes and references

1. ↑ "7digital". http://about.7digital.com/about.
2. ↑ "Music Start-Up Page". http://about.7digital.net/OurServices/Music-Start-Up. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
3. ↑ "Amazon.com: Digital Music". https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=163856011.
4. ↑ "MP3 Music Downloads: Install the Amazon MP3 Downloader". Amazon.co.uk. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/dmusic/help/amd.html/ref=dm_gs_amd. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
5. ↑ "Restricted tracks at Beatport". https://knowledgebase.beatport.com/kb/article/000017. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
6. ↑ "About eMusic". May 2011. http://www.emusic.com/info/about/.
7. ↑ "eMusic.com Terms of Use". https://www.emusic.com/terms. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Emusic Technical Help". http://www.emusic.com/help/technical.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
9. ↑ Gordon, Scott (23 February 2017). "Google Play Music version 7.4 adds “recents” option, song count now stands at 40 million". http://www.androidauthority.com/google-play-music-update-2-751740/. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
10. ↑ "Country availability for apps & digital content". Support.google.com. https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2843119. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
11. ↑ "Previewing music — Android Market Help". Support.google.com. https://support.google.com/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1663774&topic=1663424&ctx=topic. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
12. ↑ "HDtracks high resolution audiophile music downloads". https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=terms_condition. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
13. ↑ "Apple - iTunes - iTunes Match". Apple. https://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/. Retrieved 2015-07-18. "...there are more than 43 million songs in the iTunes Store..."
14. ↑ "Apple PR". https://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/ww/. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
15. ↑ "iTunes Music Store". Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20070306104528/http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/music.html. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
16. ↑ "Release of Tim Hecker's 'Instrumental Tourist' as of 20 Nov 2012 (restriction information not detailed in generally available information)". http://www.junodownload.com/products/tim-hecker-instrumental-tourist/2076101-02/.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Qobuz Subscriptions". Qobuz.com. http://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/plans/music-streaming-subscription. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
18. ↑ "Qobuz About Us". Qobuz.com. http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/about. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
19. ↑ "How Much Music Is Available In TIDAL?". Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161112024213/https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/201167102-How-much-music-is-available-in-TIDAL-. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
20. ↑ "Walmart Music Downloads Questions". http://mp3.walmart.com/store/help/help.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
21. ↑ "Has Canada's answer to iTunes gone silent?". https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/dashboard/puretracks-canada-answer-itunes-gone-silent-170347378.html. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
22. ↑ "Pono is dead. Probably. Long live Xstream". 2017-04-22. https://www.cnet.com/news/pono-is-probably-dead-long-live-xstream/.
23. ↑ "GARTH BROOKS IS OFFICIALLY CLOSING GHOSTTUNES". 2017-01-25. http://tasteofcountry.com/garth-brooks-closing-ghosttunes/. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
24. ↑ "Microsoft will soon shutter its music store and streaming service, move users to Spotify". 2017-10-02. https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/02/microsoft-will-soon-shutter-its-music-store-and-streaming-service-move-users-to-spotify/. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
25. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2003/08/07/the-taglines-for-apples-itun/7b136151-71aa-41c6-ad7e-d8d9ebfb2a51/

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