"BigHit Music rookie" CORTIS grabbed the title of "this year's best new artist" with their debut album.
On Sept. 15, Hanteo Chart, a music sales tracking site, reported that CORTIS (Martin, James, Juhun, Sunghyun, Geonho)'s debut album COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES held the top spot on the daily album chart for two consecutive days (Sept. 14–15). The album sold a total of 436,367 copies over the past week and ranked second on the weekly album chart (tracking period Sept. 8–14).
With this, CORTIS achieved the highest first-week sales among rookies who debuted this year. In particular, CORTIS is the only boy group to surpass 400,000 first-week sales. That performance ranks fourth among debut album first-week sales in K-pop history. Considering the group has no members from audition programs and no pre-debut members, it is a very surprising achievement.
CORTIS is continuing a trajectory befitting "this year's best new artist" on the streaming charts as well. In the latest chart (Sept. 13), three of their songs entered the top 10 of Apple Music Korea's Today's Top 100. The intro track GO! (No. 4), the title track What You Want (No. 8), and the follow-up FaSHioN (No. 10) are all being loved simultaneously, driving multi-track success. The title track ranked No. 1 for a week on Spotify's Daily Viral Songs Global chart (Sept. 1–7), and GO! held No. 1 for three consecutive days (Sept. 9–11). Among rookies who debuted this year, CORTIS is the only team to reach No. 1 on that chart.
CORTIS is a rookie group presented by HYBE music group's label BigHit Music, the first new act it has introduced in six years following BTS and TOMORROW X TOGETHER. They are a "young creator crew" that jointly creates music, choreography and video, bringing a fresh wind to the K-pop scene. The five members are promoting on music shows with FaSHioN following GO! and What You Want. They made a strong impression with unwavering live vocals and overwhelming performance.
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