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When using background music, it all depends on what we define as “commercial use“.

Do you need songs to use in a video, advertisement or company presentation? Or to use it in an app, web or video game that you created? Or to use in your current business as background music?

Here there’s a list of the best online music providers:

Let’s see each one!

1. I want to buy royalty-free music or jingles to use in commercial projects or Youtube

If you want to use these songs to add them as music for a commercial, a YouTube video or another project of your own creation, there are two very different scenarios depending on your needs:

In the first scenario (1), is necessary to have the explicit permission of the people who wrote the music -composers, lyricists, and publishers- and people who represented and recorded it -artists and record labels-.

This means you may have to contact more than one organization just to get permission to use the music.

You also will have to pay a certain amount of money for licensing them, which is usually a high number.

In the second scenario (2), things are much simpler, since there are many specialized Internet marketplaces where the licensing rights are sold or websites with free songs under the so-called ‘Creative Commons’ licenses.

You will find different licensing prices depending on the scope of the project in which you’re working.

It will not be the same to buy a song and use it as background music for a YouTube video or to use it as the soundtrack of a big movie.

Buying the song entitles you to use it for your own use and enjoyment, never to add it to another commercial project. But purchasing the license does.

 Below we rank the best online portals for royalty-free music, saving you money and time without sacrificing quality:

Epidemic Sound

It has a library of more than 100000 songs and sound efectts copyright-free.

Epidemic Sound is the online music service that the most famous YouTubers and big channels use. It costs €9/month for personal channels and €19/month for company channels or freelancers; called the ‘Commercial Plan’.

Thanks to this you will be able to monetise your videos without any problems and you will never receive a copyright notice from Youtube again.

Some of the top features are:

Envato Elements

Envato Elements is another of the most popular platforms in the industry.

For a monthly subscription of €14.50, Envato Elements gives access to unlimited downloads from its extensive music library.

It has one of the best search engines, through which you can find the music tracks you need by simply typing in a keyword that interests you. Instantly, it will show you dozens of songs or sound effects that match what you are looking for.

Audiojungle

Currently, AudioJungle is one of the favorite marketplaces for artists when it comes to the time to creating and polishing many of his professional works.

In our opinion, AudioJungle offers songs and sound effects with the highest quality of the entire Internet.

You can get a standard licence or an extended licence depending on your needs.

You can also buy an individual song or sound effect for as little as $1.

You can take a look at the different licenses here.

The difference with other portals is the rigorous process of reviewing the new songs that are added daily.

In addition, this portal has the best search engine, through which we can find the necessary tracks by simply typing a keyword or keyword that interests us, to show us in the results several dozen songs or sound effects that match what we are looking for.

2. I want to use background streaming music to play in my stores

In case you need to use background music for your physical business or shop and do not want to pay the royalties of the so-called PROs (Music Management Organisations), it is best to find out how to do it by reading our article: background music for business.

In short, the best option is not to play music directly from the radio or the Internet, but rather royalty-free music such as that offered by the service called Soundtrack Your Brand. 

This Swedish platform offers more than 300 music stations of different genres, which are updated daily with more than 10,000 songs.

All their music tracks are chosen and organized in a way that has been scientifically proven to increase sales and improve customer experience.

Also, they offer an extensive list of features that will make Soundtrack Your Brand the perfect partner when it comes to adding the best background music to your business.

Among its benefits are the following:

The monthly cost for the United States and Canada is $35 per month and location but, in addition, they offer their new users 14 days totally free of charge so that they can try out the platform without any commitment.

Conclusion

When it comes to buying and using songs for any commercial use, today we can find a multitude of online options that greatly facilitate this process.

Monthly subscription services such as Epidemic Sound are ideal if you want to use that music in any video on the Internet.

On the other hand, AudioJungle offers music for radio ads, individual songs to be used in television or products.

And, if what you need is background music for your store, Soundtrack Your Brand is then the perfect choice.