There are a lot of great music players for Windows, and it's next to impossible to make a broad "best" statement that applies to everyone. But that doesn't stop the powerful, lightweight, and customizable
MusicBee from winning our hearts for the best music player on Windows.P
Our former favorite, Winamp,
has shut down—but that isn't why we've changed our minds on this one.
"Dead" apps are still worth using if they're the best—we've just decided, after lots of testing and deliberation, that Winamp is no longer the best music player in our minds. You'll still find Winamp in the competition section at the bottom, as well as in our list of the
five best desktop music players.