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"1st BTS, 2nd Cortis..."2.31 million copies in one week, a fivefold increase compared to the first album..."Melody revised 300 times"

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2026-05-11 14:37:05
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2026-05-11 14:37:05
(Source=Yonhap News) Group CORTIS members Gunho (from left), Seonghyeon, Juhun, James, and Martin.
17 million copies in the first week of its release. Then, who is in second place? The top spot was taken by the boy group Cortis, who are celebrating their second year since debut as of today.
17 million copies in the first week of its release. Then, who is in second place? The top spot was taken by the boy group Cortis, who are celebrating their second year since debut as of today.
31 Million Copies of 2nd Mini Album According to Hanteo Chart, an album sales tracking site, on the 11th, a total of 2,313,291 copies of Cortis's (Martin, James, Juhun, Seonghyeon, Gunho) 2nd mini album 'Green Green' were sold from the 4th to the 10th. This is more than five times the initial sales (436,367 copies) of their 1st mini album 'Color Outside the Lines,' which was released last September.
17 million copies in the first week of its release. Then, who is in second place? The top spot was taken by the boy group Cortis, who are celebrating their second year since debut as of today.
It amounts to the birth of a major rookie group being proven by these figures. BTS and Cortis, both under Big Hit Music, a label under HYBE, took first place on the Hanteo Chart's World Chart and Album Chart for the first week of May, respectively.
17 million copies in the first week of its release. Then, who is in second place? The top spot was taken by the boy group Cortis, who are celebrating their second year since debut as of today.
The star of the weekly World Chart was BTS. 30 points by earning high scores in the social, music, and media categories.
17 million copies in the first week of its release. Then, who is in second place? The top spot was taken by the boy group Cortis, who are celebrating their second year since debut as of today.
59 points. Cortis took the top spot on the weekly album chart.
00 points (sales of 2,313,291 copies) for the first week of May. Cortis sees a 40% surge in Spotify monthly listeners.
Cortis's second mini-album 'Green Green' and its title track 'Red Red' are creating a sensation. In particular, they have been setting new records day after day on Spotify, a global audio and music streaming platform.
According to Big Hit Music on the 11th, they became the first K-pop boy group to debut within the last five years to be named on the 'Daily Top Song Global'. Ranked 93rd on the 9th, they maintained their position for the 18th consecutive day.
17 million copies in the first week of its release. Then, who is in second place? The top spot was taken by the boy group Cortis, who are celebrating their second year since debut as of today.
The number of monthly Spotify listeners surged by over 40% in the past month, reaching 10,322,254 as of the 10th. This figure places them in the 'Top 5' among all-time K-pop boy groups, alongside BTS, Tomorrow X Together, and ENHYPEN.
17 million copies in the first week of its release. Then, who is in second place? The top spot was taken by the boy group Cortis, who are celebrating their second year since debut as of today.
Meanwhile, Cortis will present live performances of their second mini-album at Dankook University's Jukjeon Campus on the 13th and Hongik University's Seoul Campus on the 14th. They will also continue their momentum by releasing an additional performance of 'ACAI,' a track from their second mini-album.
The music video will be released sequentially on the HYBE Labels YouTube channel at 9 PM today (the 11th), followed by a conceptual performance film at 9 PM on the 12th.
Previously, Cortis (Martin, James, Juhun, Seonghyeon, and Gunho) appeared on MBC FM4U's "Hope at Noon with Kim Shin-young" on the 5th and explained the album, stating, "We expressed what we are wary of and avoid as 'RED,' and what we have done and want to do as 'GREEN.
' We included songs that reflect our daily lives and experiences, and we worked on them while imagining the stage.
" Regarding the title track "Red Red," they revealed behind-the-scenes details of the production, saying, "We had great confidence in the song," and "The idea for 'RED' came about after we created the beat first.
We revised the melody about 300 times.
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jashin@fnnews.com Shin Jin-ah Reporter