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On-site probe of Kakao over music distribution fees begins

Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) began its on-site investigation into Kakao Entertainment on Monday on allegations that the firm had charged higher music distribution fees to rival K-pop agencies than it had to its subsidiary music labels.

2024-06-12

Kakao, BPM at odds over unfair Melon distribution fees

Big Planet Made Entertainment is accusing Kakao Entertainment of offering affiliates favorable distribution fees on its Melon platform.

2024-03-04

BTS's 'Spring Day' reaches seventh year on Melon Top 100

BTS's 2017 love serenade "Spring Day" has been sitting on Melon's Daily Top 100 chart, Korea's largest streaming service, every day for seven consecutive years, the only song to achieve this feat.

2024-02-13

IU's 'Love wins all' reaches No. 1 on Melon Top 100 in release record

“Love wins all” became the fastest song by a female artist to top the Melon chart since its system renewal in August 2021, IU's agency EDAM Entertainment said Thursday.

2024-01-25

Girl groups dominated Melon in 2023

Girl groups dominated Korea's 2023 Melon music chart, accounting for nine of its top 10 songs. NewJeans, IVE, and (G)I-DLE topped the list.

2024-01-09

Melon Music Awards 2023: NewJeans wins two of four top honors, while IVE, NCT Dream each take one

NewJeans took home five awards at the Melon Music Awards (MMA) 2023 on Saturday, including Song of the Year and Artist of the Year, just a year and four months since its debut.

2023-12-04

IVE, NCT Dream to lead highly anticipated 2023 MMA awards

Saturday's Melon Music Awards will feature a number of special performances. NCT Dream will perform fan-favorite "Poison" for the first time ever, while aespa will appear on the MMA stage for the first time.

2023-12-01

Melon Music Awards, SBS Gayo Daejon and more to take place at new Inspire Arena

Incheon's Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort announced a new lineup of shows that will take place in its Inspire Arena throughout December, including the 2023 Melon Music Awards.

2023-11-28

Seventeen becomes first boy band to top Melon chart in 2023

"God Of Music" is the lead track of Seventeen's latest and 11th EP "Seventeenth Heaven" released Monday. While boy bands have been seeing success with album sales and overseas performances, domestic music charts have been dominated by girl groups.

2023-10-24

Melon streams to be counted toward Billboard charts

Billboard will start counting Melon streams toward three of its music charts Wednesday, the Korean music streaming service said the same day. Billboard's South Korea Songs chart, Global 200 and Global Excl. US are the three charts that will ...

2023-06-07