Melon (online music service)
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Type of site | OMS |
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Available in | Korean |
Owner | Kakao Entertainment |
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 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 currently available on iOS and Android.
The name Melon is an acronym of the phrase melody on.[5]
History
Melon was established under SK Telecom, South Korea's largest wireless carrier, in 2004. In 2013, it was sold to a Hong Kong-based private equity firm. Later in 2016 it was acquired by Kakao as part of Kakao M. In 2018, Kakao M spun-off from Kakao, but Melon stayed.[citation needed]
In 2021, Melon merged with Kakao Entertainment and rebranded itself as "Melon M". This joint venue aimed to secure their leadership in the showbiz industry. Lee Jae-wook will lead the joint. At that time, the streaming platform boasted 33 million users and around 5 million paying users. [6]
International operations
In 2010, Melon was launched by SK Telecom in Indonesia, in partnership with Telkom Indonesia.[7] In 2016, Telkom Indonesia bought all the stake formerly owned by SK Telecom following the SK Telecom's divestment from all Melon businesses, thus making Melon Indonesia an Indonesian company.[8]
Promotions
Music programs on TV
Melon is the main sponsor of the following music-related shows:
- Inkigayo (SBS, October 2010 – December 2016, re-sponsored since February 2017. Previously known as Popular Song and The Music Trend.)
- Show! Music Core (MBC, August 2014 – March 2018)
- Show Champion (MBC Music, January 2013 – May 2018)
- You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook (KBS 2TV)
- Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend (KBS 2TV)
- K-pop Star (SBS, all six seasons from 2011 – 2017)
- Tribe of Hip Hop (JTBC)
- King of Mask Singer (MBC, since June 2017)[a]
- MIXNINE (JTBC) (2017 – 2018)
- Music Bank (KBS 2TV, since January 2020)
Melon Music Awards
In 2009, LOEN Entertainment launched the Melon Music Awards (MMA), an award-giving body dedicated to calculating digital sales and online votes to judge the winners.
Achievements
Songs with the most weeks at number one
11 weeks
8 weeks
- YB – "It Must Have Been Love" (2005)
- Big Bang – "Last Farewell" (2007)[10][11]
- Girls' Generation – "Gee" (2009)[12]
- Zico – "Any Song" (2020)
- Mirani, Munchman, Khundi Panda, Mushvenom feat. Justhis – "VVS" (2020)
- Brave Girls – "Rollin'" (2017)
7 weeks
- Wonder Girls – "Tell Me" (2007)[13]
- Big Bang – "Haru Haru" (2008)[14][11]
- Soyou & Junggigo – "Some" (2014)[15][16]
6 weeks
- SG Wannabe – "Crime and Punishment" (2005)
- Kim Jong-kook – "Standstill" (2005)
- Buzz – "Love From a Real Heart" (2005)
- Gavy NJ Project Group – "Love All" (2006)
- Yangpa – "Love... What Is It?" (2007)
- F.T. Island – "Love Sick" (2007)[11]
- Big Bang – "Lies" (2007)[17][11]
- Wonder Girls – "So Hot" (2008)
- Baek Ji-young – "Like Being Hit By a Bullet" (2008)
- IU – "You & I" (2011)[16]
- Psy – "Gangnam Style" (2012)[16]
- Ailee – "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" (2017)
- iKon – "Love Scenario" (2018)
- IU – "Celebrity" (2021)
- M.O.M – "Foolish Love" (2021)
- The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber – "Stay" (2021)
- Kim Min-seok – Drunken Confession (2022)
Artists with most number one songs
Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artist | IU | Big Bang | 2NE1, Davichi | Wonder Girls | Girls' Generation, Sistar, Twice |
Total songs | 28 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
Artists with most weeks at number one
Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artist | IU | Big Bang | Wonder Girls | 2NE1 | Sistar |
Total weeks | 61 | 50 | 29 | 23 | 18 |
Artists with most months at number one
Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artist | IU | Big Bang | Wonder Girls | MC the Max | BoA, Park Hyo-shin, SG Wannabe, 2NE1 |
Total months | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
Longest charting songs on weekly chart
Rank | Artist | Song | Weeks | Current position |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | BTS | "Spring Day" | 298 | 79 |
2 | Paul Kim | "Every Day, Every Moment" | 240 | 46 |
3 | BTS ft. Halsey | "Boy With Luv" | 161 | OUT |
4 | AKMU | "How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love" | 161 | 90 |
5 | Maktub ft. Raon Lee | "To You My Light" | 148 | OUT |
6 | Anne-Marie | "2002" | 145 | OUT |
7 | IU | "Blueming" | 144 | OUT |
8 | Paul Kim | "Me After You" | 143 | OUT |
9 | Sam Smith | "I'm Not the Only One" | 130 | OUT |
10 | Lauv | "Paris in the Rain" | 126 | OUT |
As of October 31, 2022 |
Most liked songs of all time
Rank | Artist | Song | Likes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | BTS | "Spring Day" (2017) | 548,626 | [18] |
2 | IU | "Through the Night" (2017) | 450,902 | [19] |
3 | BTS | "Dynamite" (2020) | 442,383 | [18] |
4 | BTS ft. Halsey | "Boy With Luv" (2019) | 438,898 | [18] |
5 | Paul Kim | "Every Day, Every Moment" (2018) | 407,393 | [20] |
6 | AKMU | "How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love" (2019) | 393,721 | [21] |
7 | BTS | "DNA" (2017) | 390,918 | [18] |
8 | Anne-Marie | "2002" (2018) | 388,074 | [22] |
9 | IU ft. Suga | "Eight" (2020) | 385,305 | [19] |
10 | Busker Busker | "Cherry Blossom Ending" (2012) | 353,323 | [23] |
As of October 31, 2022 |
All-time records
This section needs additional citations for verification. (April 2021) |
- Most streamed artist: BTS
- Most streamed song: BTS ㅡ "Spring Day" (871.3M streams)[24]
- Artist with most total unique listeners: IU
- Song with most unique listeners: Busker Busker ㅡ "Cherry Blossom Ending" (7.9M ULs)[25]
- Longest-running No 1 song on hourly chart: BTS ㅡ "Dynamite" (1815 hours)[26]
- Longest-running No 1 song on daily chart: BTS ㅡ "Dynamite" (75 days)[27]
- Longest-running No 1 song on weekly chart: BTS ㅡ "Dynamite" (11 weeks)
- Longest-running No 1 song on monthly chart: BTS ㅡ "Dynamite", Brave Girls ㅡ "Rollin'" (3 months)
- Longest-running Top 5 song on weekly chart: BTS ㅡ "Dynamite" (30 weeks)
- Longest-running Top 10 song on weekly chart: BTS ㅡ "Dynamite" (36 weeks)
- Longest-running Top 10 song on yearly chart: Paul Kim ㅡ "Every Day, Every Moment", BTS (feat. Halsey) ㅡ "Boy with Luv" (2 years)
- Longest-running Top 100 song on daily chart: BTS ㅡ "Spring Day" (~2,000 days)[28]
- Longest-running Top 100 song on weekly chart: BTS ㅡ "Spring Day" (298 weeks)
- Longest-running Top 100 song on yearly chart: BTS ㅡ "Spring Day" (5 years)
- Shortest time to reach No 1 for a song on hourly chart (24Hits System): IU ㅡ "Celebrity" (3 hours)[29]
- Most roof-hit song (pre-2017 System): Im Chang-jung ㅡ "The Love I Committed" (194 roof-hits)
- Most roof-hit song (post-2017 System): Zico ㅡ "Any Song" (51 roof-hits)[30]
- Most unique listeners for a song in 1st 24 hours: IU ㅡ "Bbibbi" (1,462,625 ULs)[31]
Accolades
Melon became one of "Korea's Best 25 Apps" in the 2011 App Awards Korea.[32]
Melon was recognized at the 2012 Trusted Brand Awards.[33]
Melon won the "Grand Prize for Digital Contents" in the 2012 Korean Digital Management Innovation Awards.[34]
Melon was recognized in the 2012 Korea Brand Power Index.[35]
Ilgan Sports ranked Melon as the 3rd most influential entity in the K-pop industry in a November 2013 poll in celebration of its 44th anniversary.[36]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "Terms: GENERAL". MelOn. LOEN Entertainment, Inc.
- ^ "카카오 뮤직→멜론, 통합 '확정'·시기 '미정'".
- ^ 박, 현익 (23 April 2021). "국내 음악은 '멜론'이 부동의 1등…'스포티파이' 초반 성적표는 7등". biz.chosun.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-05-01.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "South Korea's Biggest Music Subscription Service Acquired by Mobile Messaging Company". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jun-hee, Park (2021-07-15). "Kakao Entertainment to merge with music streaming platform Melon". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Melon Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
- ^ eck. "MelOn kini 100% Merah Putih - Indotelko".
- ^ "스브스케이팝 / SBS KPOP". YouTube.
- ^ "V.O.S 박지헌, 8주 1위 빅뱅에 제동". Chosun Entertainment. January 26, 2008.
- ^ a b c d "'보이그룹 통계'② 최장·최다 음원 1위 빅뱅, 견줄 그룹 없다". MBN Daily. May 7, 2014.
- ^ "'지'가 뭐길래… 소녀시대 'Gee' 삼촌팬들도 흥얼흥얼 '열광'". Hankyung. March 9, 2009.
- ^ "원더걸스 'Nobody', 'Tell Me' 기록깰까?". SBS News. November 1, 2008.
- ^ "'활동중단' 빅뱅, 원걸 컴백에도 7주째 온라인차트 1위". Korea Economic Daily. September 30, 2008.
- ^ "친구보다 가깝고 연인은 아닌 … '썸 타는' 남녀 듀엣 전성시대". JTBC News. June 24, 2014.
- ^ a b c "여자친구 '시간을 달려서' 주간차트 4주 연속 1위". Dong-a Sports. March 1, 2016.
- ^ "빅뱅, 온라인 음악차트 6주 연속 1위...또 한번 돌풍". Chosun Entertainment. January 8, 2008.
- ^ a b c d 방탄소년단 [BTS]. Melon (in Korean). Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ a b 아이유 [IU]. Melon (in Korean). Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ 폴킴 [Paul Kim]. Melon (in Korean). Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ 악뮤 [AKMU]. Melon (in Korean). Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ "Anne-Marie". Melon (in Korean). Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ 버스커 버스커 [Busker Busker]. Melon (in Korean). Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ 곡 상세정보 / 봄날 [Song Details / Spring Day] (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2022.
- ^ 곡 상세정보 / 벚꽃 엔딩 [Song Details / Cherry Blossom Ending] (in Korean). Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ Melon 24Hits 1위 횟수 랭킹 (in Korean). Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ Melon 일간 1위 횟수 랭킹 (in Korean). Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ Melon 일간 차트 연속 진입 일수 [Melon Number of consecutive days of entry] (in Korean). Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ^ Melon 24Hits 순위 추이 (in Korean). Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ Melon 지붕킥 횟수 랭킹 (in Korean). Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ Melon 24시간 이용자수 추이 / 2018-10-11(목) 18시 (in Korean). Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ "2011 App Awards Korea". MelOn. LOEN Entertainment, Inc.
- ^ "2012 Trusted Brand Awards". MelOn. LOEN Entertainment, Inc.
- ^ "2012 Korean Digital Management Innovation Awards". MelOn. LOEN Entertainment, Inc.
- ^ "2012 Korea Brand Power Index". MelOn. LOEN Entertainment, Inc.
- ^ jun2yng (November 3, 2013). "The Top 10 Most Influential Entities of K-Pop". Ilgan Sports via Soompi.
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