Xbox Music Features

The music industry has reinvented itself more times than Madonna. First came records, then cassettes, then CDs, and the rest — legal downloading of MP3s, music subscription services, and free Internet radio — is history. But there weren't any options to combine all these new services until earlier this week, when Microsoft released Xbox Music, an all-in-one music platform.

Since there are already plenty of services you use to listen to music on the web, take a look at the reasons to make room for Microsoft's new music player in your online world.