Multimedia content delivery system and method

A method of delivering music to a user via a personal computer having a display screen and audio processing components, the method comprising:

• displaying an advertisement on a topmost level of windows on the display screen at all times even when other computer programs are being executed by the personal computer;
• providing an online music database of music selections;
• displaying contents of the online music database to the listener via the display screen;
• receiving from the user a list of selected music selections in the online music database;
• and
• delivering the selected music selections to the personal computer.

A music player for a computer having a display screen, audio processing components, and an operating system supporting graphical user interfaces, the music player comprising:

• an Internet interface for establishing an Internet connection between the computer and an online music library;
• a streaming music interface for receiving a song file from the online music library via the Internet;
• an audio interface for providing the song file to the audio processing components of the computer to be played by the audio processing components of the computer;
• and
• a user interface for user interaction with the music player, said user interface comprising,
• an advertisement component for displaying an advertisement on the display screen, and
• a display program for automatically setting said advertisement component to displayed in a topmost level of windows on the display screen at all times even when other computer programs are being executed by the computer.