Compare Amazon Music Deals

Google Play offers a selection of 30 MP3 albums for $2.99 each during its Summer Kickoff Sale. That puts many titles well below what iTunes charges. (It charges $9.99 for most.) Choose from artists such as U2 (pictured), Daft Punk, Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, and more.

Of note, the Amazon MP3 Store also offers many of these titles for the same price.

Amazon takes $2 off select $5 MP3 Albums when you purchase via the Amazon MP3 App for Android or Kindle Fire. Even better, it can be combined with a free $2 Amazon MP3 Store Credit for when you link your Facebook account with Amazon's Facebook app. Combined, that's $4 off and one of the best MP3 credit offers we've seen from Amazon. Choose from albums such as Santana's Shape Shifter, Alabama Shakes' Boys & Girls, The Fray's Scars & Stories, Norah Jones' Come Away With Me, and more. The Facebook credit expires May 24.

At Amazon, get a $2 Amazon MP3 Store Credit for free when you link your Facebook account with Amazon's Facebook app. (If you're not already signed in, you'll be prompted to do so; Amazon's app will request permission to post to your timeline.) That's among the best free Amazon MP3 Store credits we've seen. (Though we have seen $2 credits without Facebook hassles in the past.) Credit expires May 24.

Amazon MP3 Store offers downloads of a selection of 99- and 100-track classical MP3 albums for $1.99 each, as listed below. Each is the lowest total price we could find by at least $3. Included are songs and collections from Beethoven, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and more. Amazon MP3 Downloader is required. The albums:

• 99 Must-Have Piano Masterpieces MP3 Album (pictured) for $1.99
• Rise of the Masters Beethoven MP3 Album for $1.99
• Rise of the Masters Mozart MP3 Album for $1.99
• Rise of the Masters Debussy MP3 Album for $1.99
• Meditation: Classical Relaxation MP3 Album for $1.99
• see all 99- and 100-track Classical MP3 albums at Amazon

Amazon MP3 Store offers downloads of Alabama Shakes' "Hold On" MP3 Single for free. That's the lowest price we could find for this DRM-free, Southern rock track by $1. Amazon MP3 Downloader is required.

Amazon MP3 Store offers downloads of Silversun Pickups' Neck Of The Woods MP3 Album for $4.99. That's the lowest price we could find for this 11-track, DRM-free alternative album, released yesterday. (iTunes charges $9.99.) Amazon MP3 Downloader is required.

Google Play offers a selection of 20 albums for as low as $3.99 each. That puts many titles well below what iTunes charges. (It charges $9.99 for most.) Choose from artists such as Dr Dre (pictured), Coldplay, Dolly Parton, and more.

Of note, the Amazon MP3 Store also offers many of these titles for the same price.

Amazon MP3 Store offers downloads of Yo Yo Ma's Bach: Simply Baroque - Full Set MP3 Single for 89 cents. That's the lowest price we could find for this hour-long, DRM-free classical track. Amazon MP3 Downloader is required.

Amazon MP3 Store offers downloads of Various Artists' Big Brahms Box MP3 Album for 99 cents. That's $0.01/track and the lowest price we could find for this 94-track, DRM-free album, released two days ago. Amazon MP3 Downloader is required.

At Amazon, purchase a qualifying paid app for Android and get a $1 Amazon MP3 Store Credit for free. (You'll receive an email indicating that a the credit has been applied to your account.) With apps starting at 99 cents, it's among the best such deals we've seen for an Amazon MP3 credit. Deal ends June 30, and credit must be redeemed by July 31.

Google Play offers a selection of 24 hip hop albums for as low as $3.99 each during its ATL Hip-Hop Fundamentals Sale. That puts most titles well below what iTunes charges. Choose from artists such as Ludacris (pictured), Young Jeezy, Ying Yang Twins, and more.

Google Play also offers a selection of 23 compilation albums for as low as $3.99 each during its Killer Comps Sale. That also puts most titles well below what iTunes charges. Choose from albums such as Now That's What I Call Music! 41, 2012 Grammy Nominees, Warped Tour 15th Anniversary Celebration, and more.

Of note, Amazon MP3 Store also offers many of these titles for the same price.

Amazon offers its Amazon Prime members a $1 Amazon MP3 Store Credit for free when you choose No-Rush shipping in lieu of the usual 2-day shipping on select purchases. (You will be given the option of "No Rush Shipping" during checkout; the credit will show in your account once your item ships.) That's tied with our November mention as the best such credit we've seen solely for Amazon Prime members. Note that you'll need to choose a physical address; No-Rush shipping won't show up for P.O. Boxes. The credit expires on June 26.

Amazon Prime membership is $79 per year; however, Prime is free for college students for six months, and free for parents and caregivers for three months.

Today only, the Amazon MP3 Store offers downloads of Crooked Fingers' Breaks In The Armor MP3 Album for $3.99. That's the best price we could find for this 11-track, DRM-free alternative rock album, released in October. (iTunes charges $9.99.) Amazon MP3 Downloader is required.