Cortis, the rookie of the year award for "iHeartRadio" in the U.S..2025 Proving Best Newcomer

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The group CORTIS was honored at the American Music Awards for the first time since its debut.

Cortis (Martin, James, Joo Hoon, Sung Hyun, and Geonho) won the "Best New Artist in K-pop" category at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards 2026 in Los Angeles on the 26th (local time).

The five members expressed their acceptance speech through a video. They said, "I am very proud and sincerely grateful to receive this award. I will never forget it in the future," he said. He also said to Core (COER, fandom name), "Thank you for supporting us from the beginning. Like the team name 'COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES', I hope we can continue to move forward together, breaking away from the standards and rules set by the world," he said. Finally, "I can't wait to share the upcoming music with you as soon as possible. Please pay a lot of attention to the next move," he said, raising expectations for the new report.

The iHeartRadio Music Awards is a music awards ceremony held by iHeartRadio, an American online radio station, since 2014. Awards are given to the most played artists and songs on iHeartRadio stations and applications during the year.

Cortis has drawn attention for his impressive North American activities since his debut. He appeared on "iHeartRadio Live" in October last year, and in February this year, he became the first K-pop singer to be on stage as a headliner for the NBA crossover concert series, an American professional basketball music festival.

Such local activities led to the expansion of listeners. The debut album "COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES," released in September last year, exceeded 400 million cumulative plays (February 26) on Spotify, a global audio and sound source streaming platform, in about six months. The share of listeners by country/region was the highest in the United States. In addition, according to Billboard's latest chart (March 28), a U.S. music media outlet, the song "GO!" ranked 34th on the "Pop Airplay." It has entered the chart showing the ranking of the most radio-broadcasted songs in the U.S. in a week for the fourth consecutive week. Six months after the song's release, it proved its unusual "Long Run" popularity.

Cortis previously won five Rookie of the Year trophies at the domestic music awards ceremony alone. "2025 MAMA AWARDS," "10th Anniversary Asian Artist Awards 2025" (AAA 2025), "40th Golden Disc Awards," "2nd The Awards," and "33rd Anniversary Hanteo Music Awards 2025" in that order.

Cortis, who proved his presence as the "best rookie," began a countdown to the new song title, which will be released on April 20. According to the promotion calendar released on March 26, release parties and music broadcasting activities will be held offline with fans after the title song is released. The second mini album "GREEN GREEN," which is set to be officially released on May 4, has exceeded 500,000 Spotify presaves (pre-saved) early on, signaling a global box office success.

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