Melon
Melon is one of South Korea’s most important music services, combining streaming, downloads, influential charts, playlists and interactive fan formats.
About Melon
Melon is one of South Korea’s most significant music platforms. The service offers streaming and downloads as well as extensive charts, artist and album pages, music videos and editorial content.
Melon charts and rankings have a particularly visible role in the Korean music market. Music is also discovered through playlists, search, recommendations and Music Wave, an area for shared listening and chat in themed or artist-related channels.
For international artists and labels, Melon is a central route to Korean audiences and the highly fandom- and chart-oriented K-pop ecosystem.
Key Markets
Melon is focused on South Korea and is especially relevant for K-pop, Korean music and international catalogues with Korean rights.
Key Features
Influential Korean charts, streaming and downloads, artist and album pages, editorial playlists, music videos, and shared listening and chat through Music Wave.
Information for Artists & Labels
Correct Korean spellings, clear artist attribution, version titles and complete contributor information are especially important. Melon charts and search results rely on clearly attributed releases and usage data. International artist profiles cannot be f