Music Artist Websites: 60 Websites Every Musician and Fan Should Know
Abdullah Shahid 
Music artist websites go far beyond streaming. Musicians now use different platforms to distribute releases, sell merch, build fan lists, license songs, collect royalties, sell tickets, and trade music collectibles.
Here are 60 useful music websites, divided by what they actually help artists or fans do.
Websites for Publishing and Distributing Music
These platforms help musicians distribute finished releases to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and other streaming services.
| # | Website | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DistroKid | Best for artists who release frequently because you can distribute to all platforms like Shopify, Apple music, and 150+ others. |
| 2 | TuneCore | Distribute music globally while getting analytics, publishing tools and other management features |
| 3 | CD Baby | Good for artists who prefer paying per release instead of maintaining an annual unlimited-distribution subscription. |
| 4 | Ditto Music | Useful for independent artists and labels wanting digital distribution with control over releases, stores, and territories. |
| 5 | Amuse | Mobile-friendly music distribution with analytics and artist services managed from web or phone. |
| 6 | UnitedMasters | Combines music distribution with analytics, artist tools, and potential sync or brand opportunities. |
| 7 | RouteNote | Offers both free and paid distribution plans, making it approachable for artists testing digital releases. |
| 8 | LANDR | Combines music mastering and distribution, making it useful for artists wanting both inside one production workflow. |
| 9 | ONErpm | Provides distribution alongside marketing, accounting, analytics, and broader artist-development services. |
| 10 | Symphonic Distribution | Better suited to growing artists and labels needing distribution plus rights, marketing, and professional artist services. |
Music Listening and Discovery Websites
These are some of the main websites where fans listen to, discover, and follow artists. Here is a complete tutorial on how to embed Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp and Soundcloud to your Shopify store and sell more merchandise.
| # | Website | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Spotify | Major streaming platform for playlists, algorithmic discovery, artist profiles, listener analytics, and release promotion. |
| 12 | Apple Music | Premium streaming platform with artist analytics, profile management, Shazam insights, and release discovery. |
| 13 | Bandcamp | Excellent for direct-to-fan music because artists can stream, sell downloads, physical releases, and merch from one profile. |
| 14 | SoundCloud | Particularly useful for demos, remixes, emerging artists, direct uploads, community discovery, and experimental releases. |
| 15 | Mixcloud | Designed for DJ mixes, radio shows, podcasts, and long-form licensed audio rather than conventional singles alone. |
| 16 | TIDAL | Mainstream music streaming platform where artists can claim profiles and manage how their catalog appears. |
| 17 | YouTube | Essential for music videos, live performances, Shorts, artist discovery, fan comments, and long-term searchable content. |
| 18 | ReverbNation | Combines artist profiles and promotion with opportunities involving festivals, labels, sync placements, and radio. |
Musician Website Builders, Stores and Smart Links
These services help musicians build a website, store, landing page, or link hub they control themselves.
| # | Website | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Bandzoogle | Music-specific website builder with players, stores, mailing lists, tour dates, EPKs, and direct-to-fan features. |
| 20 | Squarespace | Best for visually polished artist websites combining music, galleries, tour dates, ecommerce, memberships, and integrations. |
| 21 | Wix | Flexible musician website builder with audio players, EPKs, ecommerce, event tools, bookings, and extensive design control. |
| 22 | Shopify | Best when an artist wants a serious commerce hub for music, vinyl, merch, tickets, bundles, subscriptions, and customer data. |
| 23 | Linktree | Simple mobile-friendly hub for putting music, social profiles, merch, tickets, videos, and other links behind one URL. |
| 24 | Feature.fm | Creates music smart links that send fans to their preferred platform while tracking clicks and campaign performance. |
| 25 | Laylo | Helps artists collect email or SMS signups before upcoming music, merch, ticket, and product drops. |
Websites for Making Artist and Band Merch
These platforms manufacture, print, or fulfill artist merchandise without necessarily requiring musicians to hold large inventories.
| # | Website | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Printful | Reliable print-on-demand supplier for shirts, hoodies, posters, accessories, and other artist merchandise with ecommerce integrations. |
| 27 | Printify | Gives artists access to a huge product catalog and multiple print providers connected to Shopify, Etsy, Wix, and other stores. |
| 28 | Gelato | Useful for international fanbases because products can often be produced closer to customers through its global network. |
| 29 | Fourthwall | Combines creator storefronts, merchandise production, fulfillment, memberships, and fan monetization without requiring a separate store. |
| 30 | Bonfire | Easy way to launch limited apparel campaigns or test band merch without buying inventory upfront. |
| 31 | Spreadshop | Lets musicians create a free print-on-demand merch store while production, shipping, and fulfillment are handled automatically. |
| 32 | Gooten | Print-on-demand fulfillment platform better suited to artists operating larger product catalogs and more automated ecommerce workflows. |
| 33 | Apliiq | Strong choice for premium apparel because it supports embroidery, private labels, woven labels, and more brand-like clothing products. |
Websites for Discovering and Buying Band Merch
Fans can use these websites to find official or licensed music merchandise from many different artists.
| # | Website | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | Merchbar | Large music-focused marketplace for artist vinyl, CDs, shirts, hoodies, collectibles, and other merchandise. |
| 35 | Rockabilia | Long-running store specializing in officially licensed rock, metal, alternative, and band merchandise. |
| 36 | Impericon | Particularly strong for metal, hardcore, metalcore, punk, and alternative artist apparel and merchandise. |
| 37 | Hot Topic | Mainstream retailer with licensed music apparel spanning classic rock, metal, alternative, pop, and current artists. |
| 38 | EMP | Major European destination for officially licensed band shirts, apparel, accessories, and entertainment merchandise. |
Websites for Vinyl, Autographs and Music Collectibles
Collectors use these websites to buy, sell, research, or auction rare records and music memorabilia.
| # | Website | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| 39 | Discogs | One of the best marketplaces for identifying, valuing, buying, and selling exact vinyl, CD, and cassette pressings. |
| 40 | eBay | Huge general marketplace for records, autographs, concert memorabilia, DVDs, posters, and unusual music collectibles. |
| 41 | Popsike | Useful for researching rare vinyl prices because it maintains a large archive of historical auction results. |
| 42 | Omega Auctions | Specialist auction house for rare vinyl, instruments, original lyrics, tapes, posters, and historically significant music memorabilia. |
| 43 | RR Auction | High-end auction platform for authenticated artist autographs, signed objects, artifacts, and important entertainment memorabilia. |
| 44 | Heritage Auctions | Major auction house where collectors can find rare records, posters, awards, stage costumes, autographs, and premium music memorabilia. |
Websites for Concerts, Tickets and Building a Fanbase
These platforms help musicians announce events, sell tickets, capture fan details, and build recurring relationships.
| # | Website | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| 45 | Bandsintown | Excellent for publishing tour dates, distributing event listings, collecting fan RSVPs, and embedding concerts on artist websites. |
| 46 | Eventbrite | Straightforward ticketing platform for concerts, independent events, ticket tiers, attendee management, and QR-code check-in. |
| 47 | DICE | Music-focused ticketing and event-discovery platform connecting artists, venues, promoters, and fans. |
| 48 | Patreon | Lets musicians monetize superfans through recurring memberships, unreleased songs, demos, behind-the-scenes content, and exclusive access. |
| 49 | Ko-fi | Lightweight platform for artist tips, memberships, commissions, digital products, and direct fan support. |
| 50 | Community | Helps artists build an opted-in SMS audience for release announcements, tour updates, presales, and merch drops. |
| 51 | Stationhead | Social music platform for synchronized listening parties, live artist interactions, fan communities, streaming events, and chat. |
Websites for Music Licensing, Publishing and Royalties
These websites help musicians license songs, administer publishing rights, and collect royalties beyond ordinary streaming payouts.
| # | Website | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| 52 | Songtradr | Combines music distribution with opportunities to license songs for advertising, television, film, and other media. |
| 53 | Musicbed | Curated music-licensing marketplace connecting selected artists with filmmakers, agencies, advertisers, and commercial productions. |
| 54 | Pond5 | Marketplace where composers can license production music to filmmakers, creators, broadcasters, and other media buyers. |
| 55 | AudioJungle | Envato marketplace for composers selling stock music, production tracks, jingles, and audio licenses to creators. |
| 56 | SoundExchange | Collects certain U.S. digital performance royalties for recording artists and sound-recording copyright owners. |
| 57 | Songtrust | Publishing administrator that registers compositions and helps songwriters collect publishing royalties internationally. |
| 58 | BMI | U.S. performing rights organization that licenses public performances and distributes royalties to affiliated writers and publishers. |
| 59 | ASCAP | Performing rights organization helping songwriters, composers, and publishers collect eligible public-performance royalties. |
| 60 | SESAC | Performing rights organization representing affiliated songwriters, composers, and publishers and collecting performance royalties. |
How to Sell Music and Merch on Shopify as an Artist?
Selling music, merch and other art forms on Shopify is simple. You sign up on Shopify, create a sales page using Canva and bring it to Shopify using Canvify app, and start selling. To improve sales conversions, add music to your product page, and other YT, and Insta content to your store for social proof, you can use the EmbedAny app to embed any music platform, website or player in your Shopify store.
For example, an independent artist could distribute through DistroKid, publish on Spotify and Bandcamp, run a Shopify store, manufacture merchandise through Printful, publish concerts through Bandsintown, and use the appropriate royalty organizations.
The artist website should bring those scattered platforms together.
With EmbedAny, musicians can embed supported music players, videos, tour tools, and other content directly inside Shopify instead of constantly sending visitors somewhere else.