Cheap and Legal MP3 Downloads

Iomoio (I don't know how to say it either) is the latest Russian site to offer chart MP3 albums and songs for a very low price. Every song is just 16¢ (about 10p) and the quality of each MP3 track varies from around 192 kbps all the way up to 320 kbps for the same price.

Whereas the other sites reviewed look and feel very unique and are visually stunning, Iomoio focuses on usability and that shows as the website is very easy to use (and still looks great). Their search facility is apparently "typo-resistant", meaning you can find the song you want to download very quickly.

On top of all this, they offer great bonuses and reward schemes - for example, if you top up your account with $30, $50, or $100, you get the same amount added to your account again for nothing!

I'm not exactly sure what the "ike" bit means, but regardless of that, I would say that Soundike.com is without doubt the best designed site amongst all of the sites mentioned on this page.

Of course, the way the site looks is not a good measure of the service they provide, so you will be pleased to hear that downloads from the site are very quick and that every song on the site is only $0.15!

Ivave is the newest MP3 download site we have found, and is by far the slickest and easiest to use. Not to mention the cheapest! It takes advantage of new web technology in the way that the others don't, and the site is all the better for it, allowing you to find and download the music you want in seconds, without seemingly changing page.

But you don't care about that - you want to know how much money you can save by using them! And, put bluntly, that is "a lot". As with other sites reviewed here, you must top up your credit balance rather than purchasing songs or albums individually, but where Ivave differs from the rest is that you use one "iCoin" to download one track. Currently, one iCoin is worth $0.05, meaning songs cost just 5¢ each (or about 3 pence in the UK)!!

As well as being the cheapest MP3 download site, another great benefit is that payments can be made through PayPal, which I know will please a lot of people, especially as this payment method isn't available through any other site on this list.

If you still need convincing to use Ivave, just for signing up and confirming your email account they will give you 5 free iCoins (which, as you now know, will let you download 5 songs for nothing!).

MP3 Caprice is the newest website we have found that offers very cheap MP3 downloads. As you can see by it's position on this page, it's not bad at all. They also have the lowest deposit amount of all the sites at just $10. And when you add this amount of credit, you even get an extra $1 for free! If you deposit $100 (there are also $25 and $50 options), they give you a bonus $40!

It isn't the cheapest website on this list with every song costing 12¢ - not that $0.12 is extortionate by any stretch of the imagination! - but with every song in their catalogue being 320kbps (that's a very high bitrate, good enough for excellent CD quality music), then their prices really are excellent value for money.

One of the features that makes MP3 Caprice stand out is the ability to contribute to the site in exchange for bonuses on your account. For example, you can add a review to an album for a $1 bonus, which is enough to download 8 songs! Another incentive they offer is a refer-a-friend scheme, for which your account will be credited $10 if you recommend their site to someone who subsequently signs up and refills their balance.

At MelodiShop, you can find almost any song you are looking for, and pay just $0.10 per track. That's right, each MP3 song costs just 10¢ each!

They have lots of bonus incentives too, such as when you top up your balance with some credit, they will give you some extra credit for free. How much this free credit is varies depending on their current promotion, so the best way to find out how much you can save is to visit their site.

Their site is sweet and simple - no frills, but plenty of savings to be made on the latest chart releases.

MusicMP3.ru is another quality Russian website offering excellent quality MP3 files to download. Their prices are very slightly dearer than the above sites (by about 3¢!) but you may be willing to pay that minimal amount for the speed of the downloads, which are absolutely amazing! When you sign up (and I honestly recommend you do) you can download one song for free to test their download speeds - I averaged 100kbps for all you tech-heads out there!

So if you can bare the extra couple of cents for a speedy, quality service, I recommend giving MusicMP3 a go (their site looks pretty good too!)