Ad Blockers on AllMusic

You may not even realize that ad blocking software is installed in your browser. Many web browsers come with ad blocking or tracking blockers installed. Unfortunately AllMusic needs the ad revenue to keep providing the reviews and biographies users have come to appreciate over the past two decades.

If you would like to support AllMusic and shut off all of the ads from appearing on the site (and still use any of the ad blockers and tracking blockers you choose), we encourage you to subscribe for $16 a year and get a faster ad-free experience.

To Pause Your Ad Blocker on AllMusic:

Usually there will be an icon for an extension or add-on near your browser's address bar that looks like a red stop sign or a circle with a slash through it.

Click the icon for your ad block extension and select Pause on this site.
OR
Some browsers such as Chrome allow you to right-click anywhere on the page and let you pause the ad blocker from the right-click menu.

More details on pausing/disabling AdBlock including detailed steps to pause AdBlock in specific browsers.

More details on pausing/disabling AdBlock Plus including detailed steps to pause AdBlockPlus in specific browsers.

Whitelist AllMusic.com in Your Ad Blocker:

Another option is to whitelist AllMusic.com within your ad blocker.

Usually this is done by clicking on the icon for the ad block extension or add-on near your browser's address bar.
Look for a gear icon or a method of accessing settings/preferences/options.
Within those settings there will likely be a place for you to add https://www.allmusic.com to a whitelist (indicating you don't want to run the ad blocker on AllMusic).
Sometimes these are called "filters" in some ad blocker products.

More details on pausing/disabling AdBlock including detailed steps to whitelist AdBlock in specific browsers.

More details on pausing/disabling AdBlock Plus including detailed steps to whitelist/remove filters in AdBlockPlus for specific browsers.

AllMusic Still Says I Have an Ad Blocker:

If ads are hidden or unable to be displayed, it is usually due to a few things:

An adblock extension (such as AdBlock, AdBlock Plus etc) which blocks advertisements.
An extension that turns off Javascript (NoScript, etc) that shuts off one of the technologies that we use heavily on the site (and also is used by advertisers to display ads).
An extension that blocks tracking or cookies.
Javascript being turned off in your browser. (How to enable Javascript)
You may have disabled your ad blocker but you still may need to clear your cookies or your browser cache to have it kick in.
There are other things we have found which can trigger the ad block detection window:
The Opera browser (which natively blocks ads). Some tips.
Firefox Tracking Protection (which can block advertisements and the way advertisers use cookies).
The Ghostery extension can sometimes be seen as an ad blocker or a tracking blocker. Tips.
Smaller browsers like SeaMonkey and Torch may be giving users trouble.
The Disconnect extension may be blocking ads from appearing on the site.
The HTTPS Anywhere extension may be blocking ads from appearing on the site.
Some ISPs (Internet Service Providers) or college campuses may be blocking ads on your behalf, which would cause the message to display.
Occasionally very slow internet connections will not allow the ad calls to complete and can cause the message to display.
Internet Explorer 11 has something called "Protected Mode" by default which can trigger the message.
If all else fails this page has a number of other good steps.

Why We Are Bugging Our Users About Ad Blockers:

The internet is a very different place than it was two decades ago and at AllMusic it has been challenging (to say the least) to come up with ways to keep the music reviews, ratings and biographies free to our users.

I think we can all be honest and admit that ads are nobody's favorite part of the internet. The ones that are non-moving, small and text-based do not pay anything close to a supportive amount, and the ones that do pay some sort of decent revenue are the ones that are seen as intrusive and annoying. We've needed to move to a more aggressive ad model for many reasons.

The bottom line is that we need that level of advertising to keep the site up and running.

In order for us to make the information on AllMusic available, it costs money. We need to pay the licenses for the music information: the reviews, the biographies, the star ratings, the genre classifications, the sound samples, etc. We need to pay the developers who keep adding new features and fixing issues that arise, pay rent on our (small) office, and pay for the servers to host the site.

The way we make money is predominantly from running advertising on the site (with a small amount from subscriptions and a teeny amount from Amazon and iTunes affiliate sales).