Pinkfong facts for kids
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| Children's entertainment brand | |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | June 2010 |
| Headquarters | Seocho-dong, Seoul, South Korea |
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Key people
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Kim Min-seok (CEO) Lee Ryan Seung-kyu (CFO) |
| Owner | The Pinkfong Company |
Pinkfong (Korean: 핑크퐁) is a South Korean kids' educational brand of The Pinkfong Company (previously known as Smart Study and Smart Books Media), a South Korean educational entertainment company. Pinkfong consists mainly of children's songs, the most famous of which is "Baby Shark". The dance video associated with the song eventually became a viral YouTube video with just over 12 billion views as of January 2023. Their channel consists of songs, stories, and dances that are represented by a pink alien fox named Pinkfong. The global product development company has more than 4,000 kids' songs, stories, video games and merchandise.
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History
Formation
Pinkfong was formed with the inception of The Pinkfong Company at their Seoul headquarters, in June 2010. There are also supplementary headquarters in Los Angeles, U.S. and Shanghai, China. The focus is for children ages 1-5. By 2015, the company had released 520 mobile games with central base games like "Pinkfong Nursery Rhymes" and a program with central base programs like "Pinkfong English".
Pinkfong Baby Shark
Pinkfong Baby Shark - Kids Songs & Stories (previously titled as Pinkfong! Kids' Songs & Stories) is a YouTube channel for kids filled with preschool songs, nursery rhymes and stories. The songs and stories generally are of one to two minutes. They can also be in compilation videos. In addition to animation, some of them might include Clay Animation and child actors. The short length was made to accommodate cell phone views on both YouTube and The Pinkfong Company's education mobile apps.
Pinkfong Wonderstar
Pinkfong Wonderstar is a TV show series with two main animal characters named Pinkfong and Hogi. The two animal characters are an alien fox and a hedgehog who live in a town named Wonderville. These two characters interact with various people in Wonderville. Its first episode, named Welcome to Wonderville (previously titled as Pinkfong and Hogi), has been released on June 27, 2019 for KBS2. It also released on December 3, 2020 for YouTube Originals.
Discography
Charted compilation albums
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| Pinkfong Presents: The Best of Baby Shark |
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100 | 29 |
Charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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| "Baby Shark" | 2015 | 32 | 39 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 38 | Pinkfong Presents: The Best of Baby Shark | |
See also
In Spanish: Pinkfong para niños
