Mega Melon is a "greatest-hits" album by Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 girl group Melon Kinenbi

Melon Kinenbi

was an all-girl Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. They were formed after they successfully passed the 2nd Morning Musume & Michiyo Heike Imotobun Audition. Melon Kinenbi is the oldest group in the history of Hello! Project not to have changed any of its members since its formation...

. It was released on December 10th 2008, little under a year after the release of their last album, Melon Juice

Melon Juice (Melon Kinenbi album)

is a mini-album by Japanese girl group Melon Kinenbi. It was released on December 12th 2007, and peaked at #67 on the Oricon weekly chart.-Track listing:##*This song was released as a single shortly after the album's release.##*Solo by Megumi Murata#...

. It reached a peak position of #122 on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 weekly chart. As part of the tenth anniversary of Hello! Project

Hello! Project

is the umbrella name for all female idol Japanese pop recording artists collective that are under contract with the Up-Front Group. The "mothership" group of Hello! Project is the super-group Morning Musume. Hello! Project's current leader is Risa Niigaki, the leader of Morning Musume...

 "Mega Best Series", it was released as a 2-disc CD + DVD package. It is the second "single best" compilation, including the more recent singles since the first, Fruity Killer Tune

Fruity Killer Tune

Fruity Killer Tune is the third album from the J-pop group Melon Kinenbi. It contains only two of their more recent singles as well as one completely new track and a remix. In addition, fans were invited to vote on thirteen more songs that would appear on the album, making it an effective "Best...

, was released in 2006.

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DVD

External links

• Mega Melon at the Up-Front Works discography listing (Japanese)