Music distribution in South Korea
Application availability depends on territory, legal eligibility, reviewed languages and current service capacity.
Releasing from South Korea
Apply from anywhere
The invite application is open from eligible territories — including South Korea.
Human review
Our team reviews your work in any language.
Private invitation
Approved applicants are onboarded by email invitation.
Global release
Your release is delivered in supported territories — including eligible platforms serving South Korea.
Get your songs on Melon, Genie, FLO and currently supported digital services. Releasing is free, Mazufa takes 0% commission, and you keep ownership of your recordings.
Releases coming out of South Korea lean toward K-pop, Korean R&B and ballads, hip hop, indie rock and trot. Seoul concentrates label, studio and production activity. Artists record mainly in Korean, with English phrases, and titles are written in the Hangul script. Metadata then needs one fixed Latin transliteration of the artist name, a language tag matching what is sung, and the original script kept in an alternate title field. Setting these fields correctly at upload also avoids duplicate artist profiles later.
The local currency is South Korean won (KRW). Royalties are reported in the currency the platform pays out in rather than converted market by market, so the exchange rate between reporting and withdrawal is worth planning for. Listeners here mostly reach new music through domestic streaming services, fandom apps, YouTube and TV music shows. Which platforms and stores a release can reach in this territory varies and is subject to current availability, eligibility and platform rules.