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Paid all-access subscriptions start at around EUR 144/year and remove that requirement."},{"id":"chillhop","name":"Chillhop Music","type":"free","price":"Free (Creator's Program)","priceMonthly":0,"catalogSize":"2,400+ tracks","catalogCount":2400,"genres":["Lo-fi","Hip-Hop","Chill","Jazz"],"attributionRequired":true,"platforms":["Both"],"youtubeSafe":true,"url":"https://chillhop.com/creators/?utm_source=streamermusic&utm_medium=referral","description":"The premier lo-fi label built for streams and YouTube. Register for the free Creator's Program, connect your channel, and Chillhop auto-clears Content ID claims. Twitch streamers must display a branded panel linking to Chillhop's creator credit page."},{"id":"own3d","name":"OWN3D Music","type":"free","price":"Free","priceMonthly":0,"catalogSize":"300+ tracks","catalogCount":300,"genres":["Synthwave","Lo-fi","EDM"],"attributionRequired":false,"platforms":["Both"],"youtubeSafe":true,"url":"https://www.own3d.tv/en/blog/tips/own3d-music/?utm_source=streamermusic&utm_medium=referral","description":"A small catalog of copyright-free EDM, lo-fi, and synthwave tracks published by OWN3D. No attribution required. The library has not grown since around 2021, so it is best treated as a supplementary source rather than a primary music solution."},{"id":"incompetech","name":"Incompetech","type":"free","price":"Free / per-song licenses","priceMonthly":0,"catalogSize":"2,000+ tracks","catalogCount":2000,"genres":["Cinematic","Electronic","Chill","Classical","Celtic","Jazz"],"attributionRequired":true,"platforms":["Both"],"youtubeSafe":true,"url":"https://incompetech.com/?utm_source=streamermusic&utm_medium=referral","description":"One of the most-used royalty-free catalogs on the internet, composed by Kevin MacLeod under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Attribution required: include the track title, artist name, source URL, and license link where viewers can easily find it."},{"id":"nightmode","name":"NIGHT MODE","type":"free","price":"Free","priceMonthly":0,"catalogSize":"25+ tracks","catalogCount":25,"genres":["Electronic","Bass","Synthwave","EDM"],"attributionRequired":false,"platforms":["Both"],"youtubeSafe":true,"url":"https://nightmoderecs.com/?utm_source=streamermusic&utm_medium=referral","description":"DMCA-free electronic label founded in 2019 by veteran streamer Jericho. Every release is DMCA-free by design, so no attribution is required. Save the official NIGHTMODE playlist on Spotify, YouTube, or SoundCloud and play it on stream without risking a strike. 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DMCA-safe for Twitch and YouTube with no attribution required, but the license is background-only: you can't rap or sing over the beats, remix them, or make them the main focus of your content."},{"id":"purple-planet","name":"Purple Planet Music","type":"free","price":"Free / paid licenses","priceMonthly":0,"catalogSize":"100+ tracks","catalogCount":100,"genres":["Cinematic","Ambient","Chill","Americana","Acoustic"],"attributionRequired":true,"platforms":["Both"],"youtubeSafe":true,"url":"https://www.purple-planet.com/?utm_source=streamermusic&utm_medium=referral","description":"Royalty-free library by composers Geoff Harvey and Chris Martyn, strong on cinematic, ambient, and Americana moods that the EDM- and lo-fi-heavy services here don't cover. Free with a required credit (specific wording for YouTube is listed on their site); paid licenses remove the attribution requirement."},{"id":"wintergatan","name":"Wintergatan","type":"free","price":"Pay what you want","priceMonthly":0,"catalogSize":"20+ tracks","catalogCount":20,"genres":["Folktronica","Experimental","Post-Rock","World"],"attributionRequired":false,"platforms":["Both"],"youtubeSafe":true,"url":"https://wintergatan.net/products/license-to-use-wintergatan-music-for-video-and-livestream-background-music?utm_source=streamermusic&utm_medium=referral","description":"The Swedish band behind the viral Marble Machine offers their catalog as video and livestream background music under a pay-what-you-want license (free is allowed) — genuinely unlike anything else here. 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