With the coming of the Zune player, websites for Zune music downloads are sprouting all over the Internet. Given its close relation to the iPod, it is no wonder that the little gizmo and downloads for it are so popular.

So, of course, you have to find websites that will let you fill up your little gadget with its amazing storage capacity with as many of your favorite songs as possible. It is not difficult to find sites that will let you do this, but paying something like $.99 can come to a huge sum if you want to even reach the half way mark on your Zune player.

One cheap and easy option is to rip your CDs, of course. It is very easy to find a lot of programs that can do that. You will also have to make sure that what you get is a format your Zune player supports. Even if it is not, you can always find software online that can convert almost any format to any other, and your Zune player format is no exception. Of course, the catch is that you will still have to buy the CDs, and some of them cannot be ripped.

Free Zune music downloads, on the other hand, make a wonderful alternative, but the problem is that they can be found only on some file sharing networks, which are notorious for the amount of malware and viruses spreading along with the shared music files. But it is not that the users on such networks deliberately distribute viruses. In fact, you can download an infected file and pass it on without even realizing that!

Thankfully, there are Zune music download websites that are protected from all the hazards of torrent sites, yet do not make your heart break every time your download a song. With a small one-off membership fee and unlimited access to a huge music database, these sites are an enviable combination of top quality, professional service and affordable price.

Here are a few such Zune music download sites.

1. Zune Pro - a vast online library of everything you may ever want for your Zune. It is constantly updated with the newest Zune downloads, so you will never have to wait or turn to other websites for a download you want.

2. Z Downloads - here, you will find a lot more than Zune music downloads. You will find games, videos, movies, even software you need to convert files for your player.

3. Zune Downloads - this is the most comprehensive database for Zune on the Net, and you will see that there are great download speeds. You will get all the Zune music downloads you could ever want, and a whole lot more.