Entertainment · K-Culture & Anime · 1 hr ago
CORTIS surpasses 1.5 billion Spotify streams
K-pop group CORTIS passed 1.5 billion streams on Spotify by November 10, according to its label, BigHit Music.
The total covers all of the group's released songs and came about one year and three months after its debut.
BigHit Music said this was the most streams, reached in the shortest time, among K-pop boy groups that debuted in the past five years.
CORTIS recorded about 1.2 billion streams this year alone.
Its April song “REDRED” had reached 276 million streams, with its total expected to pass 300 million within the year.
The group’s Spotify listeners came from many countries, with the United States the largest source; its monthly listeners reached about 12.9 million on August 27.
Cortis surpassed 1.5 billion Spotify streams, according to its agency, BigHit Music.
As of Nov. 10, the group had accumulated 1,500,000,055 streams across its released songs, Yonhap reported.
Yonhap EN reported that the total was nearly 1.6 billion as of Tuesday.
About 1.2 billion streams came this year.
“RedRed,” released in April, had about 276 million streams.
- Who
- K-pop boy band Cortis.
- What
- The group surpassed 1.5 billion cumulative Spotify streams.
- When
- The milestone was reported on Nov. 12, 2026; Yonhap said the total was measured as of Nov. 10.
- Where
- Spotify.
- Why
- The sources do not state a reason for the milestone; BigHit Music said it reflected the group’s standing in K-pop.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Cortis released “RedRed,” which later accumulated about 276 million Spotify streams.
Cortis had 12,947,465 Spotify monthly listeners, according to Yonhap.
Yonhap reported that Cortis had accumulated 1,500,000,055 Spotify streams.
Yonhap and Yonhap EN reported the streaming milestone.
- Spotify streams as of Nov. 10
- 1,500,000,055, according to Yonhap
- Streams this year
- About 1.2 billion
- RedRed” streams
- About 276 million
- Monthly listeners
- 12,947,465 as of Aug. 27
- Agency
- BigHit Music
3 sources
What people are saying
The milestone comes just 15 months after their debut and reaffirms its presence as a group that has reshaped the K-pop landscape
데뷔 1년 3개월 만에 이룬 성과로, K팝 판도를 뒤흔든 이들의 체급을 확인시킨 것