CORTIS
The group CORTIS (Martin, James, Juhoon, Seonghyeon, Keonho) made its global popularity shine by climbing into the “Top 3” of the main American Billboard chart.
According to a chart anticipation article published on May 18 on the official website of Billboard, the American media specialized in music, the 2nd mini-album of CORTIS, “GREENGREEN”, ranked 3rd on the main albums chart “Billboard 200” as of May 23. Sales of this opus amounted to 81,500 copies, and SEA units (streaming equivalent) were counted at 5,500.
Among the K-pop groups in history, excluding project groups, CORTIS is the group to have entered the Top 3 of this chart the fastest, only 9 months after its debut. CORTIS is also the only boy group having debuted within the last five years to record a “Top 3” on the “Billboard 200”.
The group’s growth also continued. The best ranking of their first album “COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES”, released in September of last year, was 15th place. This album climbed to a position 12 places higher compared to the previous work.
The title song of the 2nd mini-album, “Redred”, achieved a “Grand Slam” on domestic music shows. It successively swept the stakes in the shows broadcast from May 13 to 17: “SHOW! CHAMPION” on MBC M and MBC every1, “M COUNTDOWN” on Mnet, “MUSIC BANK” on KBS 2TV, “SHOW! MUSIC CORE” on MBC, and “INKIGAYO” on SBS. On “M COUNTDOWN”, it grabbed 1st place for three consecutive weeks starting from the show broadcast last April 30. Thanks to this, “Redred” recorded a total of 7 victories on music shows.
After receiving the trophy at “INKIGAYO” on May 17, the members expressed their gratitude during a live on Weverse, stating: “If the members contributed 25% and the many staff members 25%, the remaining 50% is thanks to COER (fandom name). What comes to our minds the most is that we must do even better in the future”. On stage, they also shouted: “We are so happy because it is a prize that we accomplished with COER. We love you”.
“Redred” climbed to 2nd place on the Melon daily chart as of the 15th and maintained its position the next day. After entering at 90th place on the 27th of last month, it made its ranking climb. It kept 1st place for the 6th day on Bugs as of May 16, and for the 22nd day on Apple Music’s “Today’s Top 100: South Korea” chart on the 17th. On Spotify’s “Daily Top Songs Global” chart as of the 16th, it ranked 135th, maintaining itself in the chart for 25 days. In the count of “Weekly Top Songs Global” from May 8 to 14, it appeared in the chart for the 3rd consecutive week in 78th place.
The fervor also continued on physical stages. CORTIS ensured performances of about 30 minutes each during the campus festivals of Dankook University’s Jukjeon campus on the 13th, and Hongik University’s Seoul campus on the 14th. They presented “Redred” as well as “Tnt”, “Acai”, “Youngcreatorcrew”, “What you want” and “Go!”, triggering immense sing-alongs from the audience on site.
Journalist: Shawn
Translator: Shawn
Source: SNS CORTIS, Show TV
