CORTIS, Debut Album Reaches 600 Million Spotify Streams

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The debut album of the group CORTIS continues its long-term success, surpassing 600 million cumulative streams on Spotify.

According to Big Hit Music on the 25th, the total streams for CORTIS (Martin, James, Ju-hoon, Sung-hyun, Geon-ho)'s mini album 1, "COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES," reached approximately 600.71 million on the global audio and music streaming platform Spotify as of June 23. This comes about nine months after the album was officially released on September 8 last year.

Previously, the album broke 100 million streams just about a month after its release, on October 12 last year. It then sequentially reached 200 million (as of November 27), 300 million (as of January 8, 2026), 400 million (as of February 26), and 500 million (as of April 29). It took only 55 days to add another 100 million streams after reaching the 500th million mark.

Sales figures are equally overwhelming. According to Circle Chart, this album is the best-selling K-pop debut album in history. Even after the release of the follow-up mini album 2, sales have continued to rise steadily, with cumulative figures reaching 2.119791 million copies based on the latest album chart (collection period: June 7–13). Additionally, on the latest Billboard chart dated June 27, the album ranked fifth on the "World Albums" chart and 22nd on the "Top Album Sales" chart, spending 41 weeks and 24 weeks on the respective charts.

"COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES" is an album that showcases the group's aspiration to "think freely beyond the standards and rules set by the world." True to their identity as the "Young Creator Crew," they co-created all content, including music, choreography, and videos. The tracks "GO!" and "FaSHioN" broke 100 million streams 116 and 132 days after release, respectively, and are now on the verge of reaching the 200th million stream milestone.

The mini album 2 is also solidifying its long-term success. "GREENGREEN" broke 200 million streams just 45 days after its release, on June 18. The title track "REDRED" surpassed 100 million streams well in advance, as of June 16. This song achieved its 52nd number-one position on Spotify Korea's "Daily Top Songs" chart (as of June 23). Since the chart's launch in 2021, this marks the longest and most frequent number-one record for a K-pop boy group song. Additionally, on the 24th, it secured the number-one spot on Apple Music Korea's "Today's Top 100" for 60 consecutive days.

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