MelOn is one of South Korea's largest music streaming platforms, being the most used application by South Koreans and with over 28 million users. MelOn first launched 17 years ago and has since then been gaining a considerable amount of increase in its streams thanks to the continuous rise of K-Pop and Hallyu. From IU's "Through the Night" to Taeyeon's "Four Seasons," these are the most streamed songs by a female soloist! on MelOn!

IU's "Through the Night" is the Most Streamed Song by a Female Soloist on MelOn

Taking the top spot as the most-streamed song by a female soloist is none other than the "Nation's Little Sister," IU with her song "Through the Night" accumulating more than 335,600,000 streams on MelOn!

"Through the Night" was released back on March 24, 2017, as the lead single of IU's fourth studio album, "Palette." "Through the Night" is a minimalistic ballad song that emphasizes IU's beautiful vocals and the instrument. The love song also features the folk and acoustic genres, with its lyrics revolving around someone being afraid that their love interest will disappear, and instead, they confess their love and wish them pleasant dreams secretly.

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The song attained both domestic and international success. "Through the Night" debuted at No.2 on the Gaon Digital Chart, and later snagged the No.1 spot after a week.

Even after four years, the song has never fallen once out of the top 100 songs in numerous major music streaming platforms in South Korea. In addition, "Through the Night" also peaked at No.16 on Billboard's World Digital Songs back in 2017.

In the same year, "Through the Night" took home numerous awards from both music shows and year-end award shows. It won Song of the Year and Long-Run Song of the Year at the Gaon Chart Music Awards, as well as Digital Bonsang and Digital Daesang at the Golden Disc Awards.

Ailee's "I Will Go To You Like The First Snow" is the Second Most Streamed Song by a Female Soloist on MelOn

The second most-streamed song by a female soloist with more than 312,200,000 streams is Ailee's "I Will Go To You Like The First Snow"!

"I Will Go To You Like The First Snow" is actually an original soundtrack for the hit 2016 tvN Korean drama "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God," commonly known as "Goblin," and was released as the Original Soundtrack Part Nine on January 7, 2017.

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The song became a huge success in South Korea, becoming the best-performing single in the same year, as well as snagging the top spots in yearly download, streaming, and digital charts on Gaon Music Chart. Not only that, but the song also broke the record as the most-streamed song on Gaon, as well as surpassing one billion streams on MelOn.

In addition, the song peaked at No.10 on Billboard's World Digital Songs.

"I Will Go To You Like The First Snow" also won numerous awards such as Best OST Award, Outstanding Korean Drama OST, and Best Original Soundtrack Daesang from Seoul Music Awards, Golden Disc Awards, Mnet Asian Music Awards, Seoul International Drama Awards, Asia Artist Awards, and more.

These are the Most Streamed Songs by Female Soloists on MelOn:

1. IU - "Through the Night" (335,600,000)

2. Ailee - "I Will Go To You Like The First Snow" (312,200,000)

3. Anne-Marie - "2002" (299,500,000)

4. Heize - "You, Clouds, Rain (ft. Shin Yong Jae)" (257,800,000)

5. IU - "Blueming" (231,600,000)

6. IU - "Friday (ft. Jang Yi Jeong)" (226,700,000)

7. IU - "eight (prod. BTS's Suga)" (211,800,000)

8. IU - "Palette (ft. G-Dragon)" (201,700,000)

9. Billie Eilish - "bad guy" (187,500,000)

10. Taeyeon - "Four Seasons" (187,300,000)

11. Kassy - "The day was beautiful" (185,700,000)

12. Heize - "Don't Come Back (ft. Yong Junhyung)" (184,200,000)

13. Ha Yea Song - "Your regards" (182,400,000)

14. IU - "Meaning of you (ft. Kim Chang Wan)" (173,400,000)

15. IU - "BBIBBI" (172,800,000)

16. IU - "Love Poem" (171,900,000)

17. Suran - "WINE (ft. Changmo / prod. BTS's Suga)" (166,500,000)

18. Camila Cabello - "Havana (ft. Young Thug)" (161,000,000)

19. HYNN - "The Lonely Bloom Stands Alone" (160,900,000)

20. Ben - "Love, ing" (160,600,000)

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Written by Robyn Joan