The group Cortis (CORTIS) is continuing an unstoppable run in the music industry with the title track "REDRED." The rookie, who debuted less than a year ago, has swept not only the top spots on terrestrial music shows but also major global music markets such as the U.S. Billboard and the U.K. Official Charts.
Cortis (Martin, James, Juhun, Sunghyun, Geonho) lifted the No. 1 trophy with the title track "REDRED" from their mini album 2 on KBS 2TV MUSIC BANK, which aired on the 15th. This is especially meaningful as it marks their first No. 1 on a terrestrial music show since debut.
With this, Cortis achieved the great feat of sweeping five music show wins—three consecutive No. 1s on Mnet's M Countdown, MBC M·MBC every1's Show! Champion, and MUSIC BANK.
The members said, "We haven't even been debuted for a year yet, and we love the fans who gave us such a wonderful award. We are honored to continue this journey together," expressing their overwhelming gratitude. On the MUSIC BANK encore stage, they performed a witty ceremony in which they actually drank "ttabara" (warm vanilla latte) mentioned in the song lyrics, and on the previous day's M Countdown they bowed deeply together to the fans, capturing the hearts of global fans with intense fan love and unwavering, solid vocal ability.
"REDRED" has repeatedly reached the top of melon's "Top 100" chart. On Melon's daily chart, it firmly held third place for four consecutive days, and on Bugs' daily chart it is maintaining the unshakable No. 1. The album and retail album each swept first place on the latest weekly Circle Chart.
Also, Cortis became the first K-pop boy group that debuted within the past five years to enter Spotify's daily and weekly charts, continuing a long-running success. On the latest "Weekly Top Songs Global" chart, they placed 78th for three consecutive weeks, and monthly listeners surpassed 11.17 million, earning them a spot in the "top 4" by the highest-ever listener counts for K-pop boy groups.
In addition, they rose to 17th on the U.S. Billboard "Bubbling Under Hot 100," putting them on the brink of entering the main song chart the "Hot 100," and they swept across Asia with No. 1 on Billboard Japan's "Hitseekers Songs" and No. 3 on China's QQ Music new song chart (charting for 25 consecutive days).
In particular, on the U.K. Official Charts released on the 16th, their mini album 2 "GREENGREEN" showed its might by simultaneously dominating three subcharts: No. 1 on the "Official Physical Singles," No. 2 on the "Official Singles Sales," and No. 6 on the "Official Hip Hop & R&B Albums." They also landed at No. 2 on Japan's Oricon weekly combined album ranking.
Cortis will appear consecutively on MBC's Show! Music Core today (the 16th) and on SBS's Inkigayo on the 17th, performing the title track "REDRED" and the album track "TNT" simultaneously.
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