Cortis, 'K-pop top tier' with just one album

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• Circle Chart Becomes 'Minimum Annual Annual' Million Seller in 2025

The group CORTIS has risen to the K-pop 'top tier' ranks with just one album.

According to the 2025 annual album chart released by Circle Chart on the 9th, the debut album "COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES" of Cortis (Martin, James, Juhoon, Sunghyun, Gunho) ranked 18th with 1,066,861 copies sold. Only 13 artists, including them, recorded a "million seller" with a single album last year. Cortis was noted as the "minimum annual" artist and the only rookie among them. It is meaningful in that it has achieved a performance on par with established groups with its debut album.

The cumulative sales of "COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES" released on September 8, 2025 exceeded 1.38 million copies last year, including the general, Weverse, and LP classes based on the circle chart. This is more than three times higher than the initial sales of 420,000 copies in a week after its release. This is a very unusual sales trend in K-pop. In general, sales decline sharply after the initial aggregation period, but they showed a steady upward curve every month. In fact, Cortis topped the monthly album chart in December last year, four months after its release.

The popularity of the intro song "GO!" that rose to the ranks of "global hit songs," the buzz gained from performances at broadcasts and awards ceremonies, the influx of new fandom due to its own contents, and the attention poured from overseas markets such as the United States and Japan were the main reasons. Cortis' performance is not simply explained by numbers. Music, choreography, and videos co-created by the five members, as well as their lifestyles, were widely consumed and naturally made headlines. This interest led to the influx of new fandom and increased sales of records. This shows that Cortis is expanding its influence across music and content beyond record collection.

Meanwhile, Cortis also stood out on music charts. On Circle Chart's 2025 annual global K-pop chart, the debut album tracks "GO!" (No. 89) and "FaSHioN" (117th) entered the rankings. It is the only boy group song that debuted last year.

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