The Best Royalty Free Music for YouTube - Get the Tracks you Need to Make Your Videos Pop

Launched back in 2005, YouTube has grown to become one of the most popular — and important — online video-sharing and social media platforms in the world. And yet, despite its popularity, YouTube has remained as accessible and seemingly easy to use as ever.

Anyone can create an account, anyone can upload a video, and anyone can launch their career as a YouTube content creator. Yet, as many aspiring content creators quickly find out, you can’t just upload whatever you want.

To combat copyright issues, YouTube has had to develop some sophisticated systems to make sure that content, assets, and music are not being used illegally on their platform. And unlike YouTube’s ease of use, these copyright rules can be confusing and hard to navigate — especially when it comes to music for your videos.

Luckily though, here at Soundstripe, we have all of the great music that you’d ever need to provide the perfect background tracks for your YouTube videos. Let’s share some of the best royalty free music for YouTube,as well as explore the fascinating world of royalty free music, in the article below.

10 top royalty free songs for YouTube

Let’s start with some of our actual top favorite selections. Keep in mind, here at Soundstripe we have over 9,000 different music tracks, all of which include different versions and add-ons like stems to allow for even further customization for each selection.

That being said, there are certain songs that we are partial to ourselves, so these selections are hand-picked from our already curated music library specifically to help give your YouTube videos that extra level of quality.

Let’s look at a list of ten of our top royalty free songs for your YouTube videos.

Bottleneck by Neon Beach

Description: A medium-energy, electronic song that is best described as fun and happy. Bass and bass guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 111
Key: F Major
Listen and license here.

Fading Amber by Lunareh

Description: A low-energy, electronic song that is best described as chill and reflective. Synth and piano are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 108
Key: B Major
Listen and license here.

Shoreline by PALA

Description: A medium-energy, electronic song that is best described as chill and happy. Ambient tones and bass are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 102
Key: E Major
Listen and license here.

Promised Land by Brian Brown

Description: A medium-energy, hip-hop song that is best described as happy and hopeful. Bass and bass guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 96
Key: A Major
Listen and license here.

Anybody Out There? by Mikey Geiger

Description: A medium-energy, electronic song that is best described as chill and fun. Synth is the primary instrument in this track.
BPM: 140
Key: Eb/D# Major
Listen and license here.

Minty Fresh by Yung Koolade

Description: A medium-energy, electronic song that is best described as chill and fun. Synth is the primary instrument in this track.
BPM: 95
Key: Ab/G# Minor
Listen and license here.

Transversalis by Isaac Joel

Description: A high-energy, electronic song that is best described as chill and fun. Synth is the primary instrument in this track.
BPM: 155
Key: C Minor
Listen and license here.

House Of Cards by Hale

Description: A high-energy, electronic song that is best described as chill and calm. Synth and ambient tones are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 140
Key: Ab/G# Major
Listen and license here.

No Link by Sam Barsh

Description: A medium-energy, hip-hop song that is best described as chill and calm. Bass and piano are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 81
Key: Eb/D# Major
Listen and license here.

Strobe Light by Ghost Beatz

Description: A high-energy, hip-hop song that is best described as chill. Synth is the primary instrument in this track.
BPM: 106
Key: F Minor
Listen and license here.

What is royalty free music?

Now let’s explore this term and how royalty free music works, specifically for YouTube, a bit more below. But as far as a simple definition goes, royalty free music is simply music that has had its royalties taken care of, leaving it free for creators to use once they have purchased it.

Royalty free music can be purchased either as a single song purchase or by signing up for a subscription plan provided by music licensing sites like Soundstripe.

Now, there are plenty of other options too, including some by YouTube itself, but if you want the best tracks recorded by Grammy-winning artists and with full use of coverage, you’ll probably want to check out some of our top track selections above, or these playlists below.

Our top playlists for YouTube creators

If you want to use popular music in your YouTube videos, and securely know that your content won’t be at risk of being taken down due to copyright violations, then these playlists will give you the great tunes and peace of mind that you’re after.

These playlists range from modern and poppy tracks to more toned-down and chilled-out tunes. You can explore more royalty free music playlists too if you’re looking for a specific genre or vibe for your YouTube videos. But those are some of our favorites.

Why do you want to use royalty free music on YouTube?

Now that we’ve shared some of our top selections, let’s get a bit more into the nitty gritty of royalty free music and how music licensing itself works. For YouTube specifically, you can only use music that either you created yourself, or that you’ve licensed from the artist.

This is done to protect artists from having their music effectively stolen and used without permission or consent. (After all, you wouldn’t want your videos to be used by big brands without them telling and paying you at least, right?)

Music copyright law exists to make sure that artists get paid for the work that they do, and that’s where YouTube’s music policy comes into play. If you violate YouTube’s music policy, either on purpose or on accident, you’ll be liable to receive copyright strikes, have your video muted or taken down, or even have your channel suspended.

How to use royalty free music on YouTube

If you’d like to avoid these scary scenarios, your best bet is to use royalty free music that you can find from resources like Soundstripe. With Soundstripe you’ll be able to rest assured that not only will your videos be covered and protected, but also know that the artists who created the music have been fairly compensated for their work.

At Soundstripe we own every single song in our library, so you won’t find our music anywhere else. You can either pay for a single song license and use that song in as many projects as you want. Or you can sign up for one of our subscription plans, which gives you unlimited access to our entire library.

If you’re still concerned or have questions about where to find the best royalty free music for YouTube though, here’s everything you need to know about how to use copyrighted music on YouTube.