Melon (online music service)
Type of site | OMS |
|---|---|
| Available in | Korean |
| Founded | November 16, 2004 |
| Owner | Kakao Entertainment |
| Created by | SK Telecom |
| URL | www.melon.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required, for South Koreans only |
| Users | 4~5 million (in South Korea alone, as of 2018) |
| Launched | November 16, 2004 |
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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.
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. Melon users can stream and download music and music videos and create custom ringtones. Melon is available on Android and iOS.
The name "Melon" is a portmanteau of the phrase "melody on".