Where to Watch Free Music Videos

The TV used to be where you'd go to watch free music videos but the go to place now is the Internet and with good reason.

There are lots of different websites out there that show free music videos but the websites below stand out from the rest of the crowd. Whether it's the large quantity of free music videos they have, the video playlists they allow you to create, or the recommendations they give, should really make you take notice.

If you like these free music video websites then you'll also love to find out where the best places are to listen to music for free online, download music for free, and the best free music apps to take your music on the road. Where we watch and how we watch and listen are continuously evolving.

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YouTube

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It probably won't surprise you that YouTube is a great place to go to watch free music videos of all your favorite artists and discover up and coming musicians who have made their own music videos for you to enjoy.

You can find free music videos at YouTube by using a keyword to search through them or by browsing in a genre. You can also view the top 100 music videos, recommended music and artists, or free music videos of artists who will be in your area for an upcoming concert.

You can enjoy free music videos on your phone as well by downloading the YouTube apps for your smartphones.

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Vevo

Vevo takes music videos from all over the Internet and puts them all together so you can easily view all the free music videos you want to see.

You can view the videos by genre, most viewed, and recently added. You can also use the search box to search for a particular video or artist.

A great feature of Vevo is that you can create your own playlists of all your favorite videos so you can view them over and over again.

Mobile and tablet apps are available for Vevo as well so you can enjoy your favorite free music videos on the go.

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MTV.com

There may not be a lot of music videos on MTV anymore but MTV.com has thousands of free music videos you can watch right in your browser.

View free music videos of the most popular artists, most watched videos (updated daily) and MTV staff picks. You can also watch video premieres and view playlists of popular music videos. They have collections grouped by themes, which can be fun for watching yourself or for parties.

MTV also features artists to watch, the ones they predict will make it big. You can keep up on the alumni to see if they were right or wrong.

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Yahoo! Music

At Yahoo! Music you can find free music videos as they cover music news. They have videos of performances and live feeds from music festivals and events. They have video interviews with artists and cover reality music shows.

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Billboard

Billboard has ranked music for decades, from every kind of genre in addition to the overall top 100 and 200 songs. You can keep up on what is hot and trending. Many songs on each list have a link to the video so you can enjoy the music videos from the artists.

Then you can dig deeper into their Charts section to find even more music videos linked. They have charts for many music genres and themes, including emerging artists. Billboard also features music festivals, with videos covering them and the performances. They have music news videos as well.

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Vimeo

Vimeo has hundreds of curated music videos uploaded to their service. This can be a fun way to explore what new talent is out there. You can view them by the number of plays, showing popularity, by date or alphabetical listings.