The music industry has always had a strong association with charity, most of us remember Live Aid or if not will of heard songs that support the relief efforts in Haiti or elsewhere in the World. That’s why when we were told about Fairsharemusic.com we thought we had to give it a review.

The concept of the site is very simple, use it to download all your new music and for every purchase you make a small percentage is given to a charity. The money is donated to a charity you nominate from their list or split between all the charities on the site.

Currently there are eleven of the major UK and international charities listed but they are looking to extend this list over time. When you initially register on the site you nominate one or all of the charities you wish to support but this can be changed at any time in the “My Account” section

The cost of downloading a track starts at 79 pence for a single and on average work out to be 99 pence which is fairly standard for most other music download sites so you know that Fairsharemusic is not adding anything extra onto the cost of your track to account for the donation. All tracks are fully compatible with other music players and you can listen to a sample of each track before you buy it.

We found the site very easy to use and it lists most of the top artists, albums and genres so it has something for everyone. We’ve added Fairsharemusic.com to our top rated sites for July because it is easy to use, has a good search facility and best of all you are doing something for charity at the same time as getting all your music.