RouteNote partners with South Korea’s MelOn music store
RouteNote are thrilled to announce a new partnership with MelOn, bringing our global roster of talented artists to South Korea.
MelOn is a South Korean music store that has been running since 2004 and owned by LOEN Entertainment since 2009. MelOn has an impressive 2.3 million users just in South Korea who download and stream music from MelOn’s music service.
What does this mean as a RouteNote user?
This simply means that there is one more store and another few million people who you can distribute your music to, for free, and get heard even further around the world. All live releases will automatically be uploaded to MelOn so you don’t need to do anythingto get your music out there to a whole new audience!
If you would like to opt-out of your music being added to MelOn please email support@routenote.com with your username.
What is MelOn?
MelOn aren’t just a music service but a major influence in South Korea’s unique music consumption. In 2013 they were ranked as the 3rd most influential entity in K-pop – South Korea’s broad and massively popular musical “genre”. MelOn’s name is an acronym for Melody On.
MelOn can be accessed through a variety of devices including digital cameras, as well as the expected smartphones, digital audio players and portable media players. Users can enjoy features such as language and images on the desired song or album, SNS sharing, music listening, music video playback and download, mobile phone music transfer, and iTunes integration. Melon also allows you create custom ringtones – which is pretty cool.
MelOn have won a variety of awards since launching 13 years ago, including:
- It became one of “Korea’s Best 25 Apps” in the 2011 App Awards Korea.
- Recognized at the 2012 Trusted Brand Awards
- It won the “Grand Prize for Digital Contents” in the 2012 Korean Digital Management Innovation Awards.
- Recognized in the 2012 Korea Brand Power Index
Sign up to RouteNote for free today and get you music on all the top music stores and services, including: Spotify, iTunes, TIDAL, Google Play, Amazon, and many more
Please note! RouteNote can not distribute any covers to Korean service providers (Melon, Bugs!, Flo, Vibe, and Genie) without written permission from the original artist.