A brief history of Duets

Like an echo to Valentine's Day, a wave of complicity seems to have taken over famous artists who have decided to perform in duets.

After Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Eminem and Rihanna, Drake and Lil Wayne, it's now Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's turn to extend their unlikely association on stage. Same story for Sting and Paul Simon. Both record-sellers will unite for a massive tour that will stop in many capitals around the world.

Happy New Year with Karaoke Version

As we're stepping into 2015, we wanted to thank you for being with us year after year.

Last year was very successful, for we added over 2,500 songs on Karaoke Version, which now tops 42,500 studio-quality instrumentals. Thanks to your suggestions, we're projected to reach 45,000 tracks this year!

Traditionally, we would wish you all a year filled with health, but this year we want to do things a little bit differently! Instead, we've made a list showing 10 proven benefits of music (especially singing) on your health. So, it's time to get back to the mic, grab the instruments and begin the year with some singing to help recover from all of the holiday celebrations.

We wish you a lot of music!

Unexpected benefits of music for your body

Popular wisdom teaches us that music is good for your soul, but it can also help you in many other surprising ways. Listening, and all the more practicing music, are supposed to have immediate benefits on your body. All good reasons to have a field day and add singing to your list of resolutions for 2015.

Discover this Holiday Season's karaoke charts

Christmas and New Year's Eve are at the door. These are two great occasions for spending time with your friends and family around a nice dinner...and some singing! To assist, we've compiled a selection of the best songs for the Holiday Season to help you create the perfect soundtrack for your singing nights!

Feel free to make your selection in the Christmas and New Year's top!

We hope this will be a great opportunity to enjoy some quality moments with your loved ones!

5 tips for playing along with a backing track

Our team has put together several best practices for mastering the art of playing along with a backing track.

These tips are applicable to any instrument, and come from years of experience playing along with backing tracks (that's what happens when you work at Karaoke Version with thousands of backing tracks around!).

You too can master play-along!

Feel free to comment and share your secret techniques for playing along with Karaoke Version backing tracks with our other customers.