Comparison of online music stores

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

Store	Tracks (M)	Geographic restrictions	Purchase Platform	FLAC	ALAC	WAV	AAC	MP3	WMA	Vorbis	DRM	Purchase identifier	Preview (s)	Trial
7digital	27 [1]	yes [2]	Web, Android	Yes	No	No	320 kbps	320 kbps	No	No	no	?	30-60	No
Amazon Music	20 [3]	yes	Web, Android[4]	No	No	No	No	256 kbps	No	No	no	Yes	30	No
ArkivMusic[5]	0.012	yes [6]	Web	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	no	?	30	No
Audimated	0.010	no	Web	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	no	?	?	Yes
Bandcamp	18.1	no	Web	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	no	?	Full	No
Beatport	2	yes [7]	Web	No	No	Yes	No	320 kbps	No	No	no	?	120	No
Bleep.com	?	no	Web	Yes	No	Yes	No	320 kbps	No	No	no	?	Full	No
CDBaby	3 [8]	?	Web	Yes	No	No	No	320 kbps	No	No	no	?	30	No
Classical Archives	0.62	yes	Web	No	No	No	No	320 kbps	No	No	no	?	60	Yes
eMusic	17 [9]	yes [10]	Web[11]	No	No	No	No	256 kbps[11]	No	No	no	?	30 [11]	Yes
GhostTunes	10 [12]	no	Web Android iOS	No	No	No	No	320 kbps	No	No	no	?	30	No
Google Play Music	30 [13]	Yes [14]	Web Android iOS	No	No	No	No	320 kbps	No	No	no	?	90 [15]	No
HDtracks	?	yes US[16]	Web	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	no	?	30	No
HMV	?	Yes UK	Web	No	No	No	320 kbps	320 kbps	No	No	no	?	?	?
iTunes Store	43 [17]	yes [18]	Windows OS X iOS	No	No	No	256 kbps	No	No	No	no / FairPlay	Yes [19]	90 [20]	No
Jamendo	0.21	no	Web	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	no	?	Full	No
Juno / Juno Download	?	Yes [21]	Web	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	320 kbps	No	No	no	?	60	No
Magnatune	0.01	no	Web	Yes	No	Yes	No	128 kbps	No	Yes	no	?	Full	Yes
mora	4.4	Yes Japan	Web	Yes	No	No	320 kbps	No	No	No	no	?	30	No
MAQAM	0.01	no	Web	No	No	No	No	320 kbps	No	No	no	?	45	No
Nimbit	1	no	Web	Yes	No	Yes	No	320 kbps	No	No	no	?	Full + Custom	Yes
NoiseTrade	?	no	Web	No	No	No	No	320 kbps	No	No	no	?	Full	Free
PonoMusic	?	yes US/CA	Web, Windows, OS X	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	no	?	?	No
Qobuz	28[22]	yes	Web, Android, iOS, Kindle, Windows 8[23]	Yes	Yes	Yes	320 kbps	320 kbps	320 kbps	320 kbps	no	?	30-60	Yes[22]
GhKings Store	?	yes [24]	Web	No	No	No	No	256 kbps	No	No	no	?	40	No
WiMP	13	Yes NO/DK	Adobe AIR	No	No	No	256 kbps	No	No	No	no	?	5	Yes
Windows Store/Groove Music	40[25]	yes	Windows Phone Windows 8+ Windows RT iOS Android [26]	No	No	No	No	320 kbps	No	No	no	?	30	Yes[27]
Store	Tracks (M)	Geographic restrictions	Purchase Platform	FLAC	ALAC	WAV	AAC	MP3	WMA	Vorbis	DRM	Purchase Identifier	Preview (s)	Trial

Wal-Mart Stores operated an online music store, but discontinued it in 2011.^[28]

Puretracks operated an online music store, but discontinued it in 2013.^[29]

See also

• Comparison of online music lockers
• List of online music databases

Notes and references

1. "7digital".
2. "Music Start-Up Page". Retrieved 2011-08-23.
3. "Amazon.com: Digital Music".
4. "MP3 Music Downloads: Install the Amazon MP3 Downloader". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
5. "ArkivMusic". Retrieved 2014-08-26.
6. "ArkivMusic Help - MP3 Downloads". Retrieved 2014-08-26.
7. "Restricted tracks at Beatport". Retrieved 2009-04-07.
8. "CDBaby.com About Page". Retrieved 2011-08-23.
9. "About eMusic". May 2011.
10. "eMusic.com Terms of Use". Retrieved November 13, 2011.
11. "Emusic Technical Help". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
12. Karp, Hannah (9 November 2014). "Garth Brooks Launches Download Store". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
13. "Google Play Music". Retrieved 20 September 2015.
14. "Country availability for apps & digital content". Support.google.com. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
15. "Previewing music — Android Market Help". Support.google.com. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
16. "HDtracks high resolution audiophile music downloads". Retrieved 2012-09-24.
17. "Apple - iTunes - iTunes Match". Apple. Retrieved 2015-07-18. ...there are more than 43 million songs in the iTunes Store...
18. "Apple PR". Retrieved 2011-02-13.
19. "Mediainfo Metadata iTunes m4a audio file" (photo image). Imgur. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
20. "iTunes Music Store". Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
21. "Release of Tim Hecker's 'Instrumental Tourist' as of 20 Nov 2012 (restriction information not detailed in generally available information)".
22. "Qobuz Subscriptions". Qobuz.com. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
23. "Qobuz About Us". Qobuz.com. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
24. "GhKings Announces Ghana's First Successful Online Music Store".
25. "Microsoft Store". Microsoft. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
26. How to buy music through the Xbox Music Store, Xbox.com, Xbox
27. http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/02/xbox-music-pass-for-the-web-is-now-available. Retrieved 18 January 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
28. "Walmart Music Downloads Questions". Retrieved 2011-04-14.
29. "Has Canada's answer to iTunes gone silent?". Retrieved 2013-09-25.