The present invention relates to a device and a method for recommending content and a sound source. The present invention, especially in a multimedia device such as a TV which can be used by a plurality of users, can generate channel groups in accordance with channel properties, can recommend appropriate content for each channel group by analyzing users' viewing history type for each channel group, and can acquire user's intent on the basis of user's use history of a sound source, lyrics and music information of the sound source, and the like, thereby providing, on the basis of the user's intent, sound source recommendation information and various reasons for sound source recommendation with respect to the sound source recommendation information.