Back ميلون Arabic Melon (tenda de música) Catalan Melon (servicio de música online) Spanish ملون (سامانه موسیقی برخط) Persian MelOn French מלון (שירות מוזיקה) HE Melon (layanan musik daring) ID Melon (servizio musicale) Italian Melon (音楽配信) Japanese MelOn Kazakh
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Type of site | OMS |
|---|---|
| Available in | Korean |
| Owner | Kakao Entertainment |
| Created by | SK Telecom |
| URL | www.melon.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required, for South Koreans only[1] |
| Users | 4~5 million (in South Korea alone, as of 2018) |
| Launched | November 16, 2004 |
Melon (Korean: 멜론; RR: Mellon) is a South Korean online music store and music streaming service introduced in November 2004, and developed by SK Telecom. LOEN Entertainment (became Kakao M and then Kakao Entertainment) became the company-in-charge of the service in 2009. In 2017, Kakao merged Kakao Music into Melon to have one, unified music streaming service.[2]
Melon is South Korea's largest music subscription service, with over 28 million users. Melon is the most popular music streaming service in South Korea. In fact, a survey of users of smartphones found that they were the most used applications by Koreans.[3] Melon users can stream and download music and music videos and create custom ringtones.[4] Melon is available on Android and iOS.[citation needed]
The name "Melon" is a portmanteau of the phrase "melody on".[5]
- ^ "Terms: GENERAL". MelOn. LOEN Entertainment, Inc.
- ^ "카카오 뮤직→멜론, 통합 '확정'·시기 '미정'".
- ^ 박, 현익 (April 23, 2021). "국내 음악은 '멜론'이 부동의 1등…'스포티파이' 초반 성적표는 7등". biz.chosun.com (in Korean). Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "South Korea's Biggest Music Subscription Service Acquired by Mobile Messaging Company". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ Seung Si-yeon, Park Jong-geun (December 3, 2011). "Shin Won-soo, representing Korea's largest OMS, "MelOn"". JoongAng Ilbo. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
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