Streaming apps to hear award-winning albums

If every part of your day deserves a soundtrack, these apps will make sure you never miss a beat. Bring along award-winning tunes and find record-breaking artists and new genres to add to your playlist. Streaming never sounded so good.

Tune into 50,000+ live radio stations from 236 countries to discover music around the world and close to home. Search by country, genre, language, or network to discover new songs or classic favorites, then share your finds with friends. You can even set sleep timers or morning alarms to start and end your day with your favorite tunes.

Find the next big thing in music on SoundCloud. Follow up-and-coming artists, share their work with friends, and save tracks to playlists you can listen to offline with a premium subscription. You can also easily upload and share your own music and audio files, then find out which songs listeners like most and which locations you're most popular in.

Discover your next music obsession with Spotify’s personalized recommendations. Search for playlists curated around genres, artists, decades, and themes, or create your own to share with friends. Build your own library of liked and saved tracks, then let Spotify add curated recommendations to the mix.

Build your digital music library with artists, playlists, and live stations hosted by performers, music journalists, and top influencers. Use Alexa to control your playlist by voice commands, and check out the My Soundtrack station for personalized tunes. An Unlimited subscription gets you ad-free access to 100 million songs, offline listening, and thousands of curated playlists and stations.

Whether you’re looking for old favorites or new tunes, leave it to Pandora to keep the music going. Explore a personalized collection of stations organized by genre, activity, mood, and more. You can also input a song, artist, or album to create stations that’ll play similar music, and even customize how much new music you'd like to hear.

With more than 90 million tracks to choose from, you're sure to find your perfect sound on Tidal. Play tracks and playlists in premium high-fidelity formats, including Dolby Atmos and Sony 360 Reality Audio, offline and with unlimited skips. Artist-owned from its inception, Tidal pays its musicians more than most other platforms.