10 Best Royalty Free Songs That Channel Grammy Winning Artists — Studio-Quality Tracks, Pre-Cleared for Use
Jourdan Aldredge
Jourdan Aldredge
Feb 4, 2025
For over 50 years, the biggest names in the music recording industry have gathered in Los Angeles to celebrate the most outstanding achievements in their field. Only a select few are invited to attend the Grammy Awards, which the Recording Academy presents every year. An even smaller selection of artists are honored to be nominated for or, better yet, win these prestigious awards.
Yet, whether you’re an industry insider or simply a fan of the music created by the industry’s biggest stars, it can often feel like being included in the glitz and glamour is out of reach.
But what if we told you that you can find high-quality, royalty free music inspired by your favorite Grammy winners here at Soundstripe–and that you can license music from Grammy-nominated and Grammy-winning artists themselves?
Soundstripe artists have worked with and on music recorded by the biggest stars in the industry and have the accolades to prove it with dozens of Grammy nominations and wins, along with many more Gold and Platinum records and Billboard number-one singles. We’re excited to share that Soundstripe artist Alright Years nabbed his first Grammy nomination this year!
Soundstripe also recently launched Soundstripe Market, a pioneering digital music licensing storefront currently in beta. Creatives can license thousands of pre-cleared music tracks from leading record labels, publishers, and artists, including Grammy winners The Delfonics, Benjamin Britten, the great Aaron Copland, and many others.
So while you can license music from Grammy-winning artists right here on Soundstripe, let’s explore some of the best royalty free music tracks that reference some of the biggest hits from this year’s ceremony.
These tracks range across the many genres featured at the Grammys this year. They highlight industry trends such as hip-hop and pop, cementing their mainstream dominance alongside a sprinkling 80s throwback nostalgic sound and the continued emergence of country and country hybrid acts.
If you’re looking for specific songs to match any Grammy-winning artists, here are some royalty free tracks where you can hear the influences and matched styles and energies of the Grammy’s brightest stars.
2. Sunset Ride by Nathan Walters
3. Gotta Have It by Scarlett Solo
7. Nothing Can Compare by Violet Island
9. What My Heart Is Looking For by Bonner Black
You can check out the full playlist of the best Royalty Free Music Inspired By This Year's Grammy Winners with this playlist below:
Royalty Free Music Inspired By This Year's Grammy Winners
Description: A compilation of Soundstripe tracks inspired by the winners of the 2025 Grammy Awards.
These are just a few top choices from our Soundstripe library. With over 10,000 songs and plenty of additional styles, tones, and genres to explore, you’re always welcome and encouraged to listen to our full catalog of royalty free music on our Soundstripe app.
While talking about all of the great Grammy-winning music, we’ve mentioned the term “royalty free music” a few times now and feel like we should help explain this phrase a bit more in case you aren’t super familiar with it. Here’s a great article on what royalty free music means.
To understand how music rights and royalties work, you must understand that all music has basic copyrights. These copyrights extend to both the composer of the music as well as the musicians who recorded the music. And if you want to use any music in any videos, you’ll need permission from the copyright owners.
Royalty free music can be a great option for all your campaigns and content simply because it’s easy to find and use. Soundstripe’s music is composed and recorded by Grammy-winning artists who know how to make Grammy-worthy and Grammy-sounding music for all types of films and video content.
Now that we’ve shared some of the best royalty free music selections to consider if your reference is a Grammy winner, let's discuss some tips and tricks for using them in your campaigns, videos, and other content.
Keep in mind, too, that these tips relate to using music in videos. However, there are many more ways to use royalty free music in all of your marketing projects and needs, so feel free to get creative.
At the end of the day, we’d all love to have music from the biggest stars in the world provide the soundtracks to our videos and content. Yet, while it may be impractical to have Sabrina Carpenter and Bruno Mars personally compose tracks for your projects, many talented musicians and artists are tailoring tracks specifically for projects like yours.
So keep an open mind and look for the music that feels right for you and your projects’ needs.