BigHit's rookie group CORTIS is holding the top spot on global charts.
CORTIS (Martin, James, Juhun, Sunghyun, Geonho)'s debut album intro track "GO!" ranked No. 1 for two consecutive days on Spotify's "Daily Viral Songs Global" chart (Sept. 9-10). Earlier, the title track "What You Want" held the top spot on the same chart for a week (Sept. 1-7), and "GO!" carried on the momentum.
Spotify's "Daily Viral Songs" chart compiles data on tracks whose play counts or sharing frequency have recently surged and ranks them. It is an objective indicator that reads music market trends, which are sensitive to fads, more quickly than others. Having two songs reach No. 1 in succession on this chart is a rare achievement for both rookies and established groups.
"GO!" appeared on the "Daily Viral Songs" chart in 23 countries/regions worldwide (Sept. 11). In particular, despite being an album track, it showed remarkable popularity by reaching No. 1 in seven countries/regions including Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Indonesia. Interest in the song can also be seen on social media. On the global short-form video platform TikTok, videos using the "GO!" audio total 64,000 as of noon on the 12th. Since the challenge audio was released on Aug. 11, about 1.4 videos per minute have been uploaded steadily for a month.
Also, CORTIS placed every track from their debut album "COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES" on Korea Apple Music's "Today's Top 100" chart (latest, Sept. 10). The title track "What You Want" (No. 6) and "GO!" (No. 9) ranked in the top 10, and follow-up song "FaSHioN" (No. 18), "JoyRide" (No. 35) and "Lullaby" (No. 97) showed balanced popularity.
CORTIS is a rookie group presented by BigHit Music, the label of HYBE music group (chairman Bang Si-hyuk), marking the first new group in six years following BTS and TOMORROW X TOGETHER. They are scheduled to appear on KBS2's "Music Bank" on the 12th to perform the follow-up track "FaSHioN."
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