CORTIS lands on Billboard's '21 Under 21' as sole K-pop boy group on the 2024 list

CORTIS is the only K-pop boy group on Billboard's 2024 21 Under 21 list, published July 31. The list recognizes the most innovative and influential artists aged 21 and under.

The five members — Martin, James, Juhun, Sunghyun, and Gunho — have the chart numbers to prove it. Their debut album COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES reached #15 on the Billboard 200, the highest entry for a K-pop group debut album excluding project groups. GREENGREEN, their second mini-album from May 2024, climbed to #3.

REDRED spent 13 consecutive weeks on both the Billboard Global 200 and Global (Excl. U.S.) charts as of August 1, and hit #17 on Bubbling Under Hot 100. On Spotify, it held #1 on Weekly Top Songs Korea for 14 straight weeks (July 24–30) and sat at #162 on Top Songs Global for the same stretch. By July 30, the track had logged 100 consecutive days on Spotify's daily chart, landing at #195.

"It felt more impactful to see something we had dreamed of for a long time actually come true," the members said in their Billboard interview. They added gratitude for feeling their music reach more people.

CORTIS dropped digital single MOTION (feat. Juicy J) on July 31, a collaboration with U.S. hip-hop artist Juicy J. They performed at Lollapalooza Chicago at Grant Park on August 1 — a solo set that streams live on Weverse starting at 5:05 AM KST on August 2 for 50 minutes.

Before the U.S. run, CORTIS held their first tour, PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN, at Incheon Inspire Arena on July 18 and 19. The roughly 1-hour-40-minute sets included REDRED performed four times and YOUNG CREATOR CREW five times. (Make of that setlist math what you will.)