CORTIS's 'REDRED' hits 70 days at No. 1 on Apple Music Korea, setting a record for boy groups debuted in the last 5 years
'REDRED' hit No. 1 on Apple Music's Top 100: South Korea on April 26 and never dropped. Seventy days later, it's the longest run any boy group has managed since 2019.
CORTIS's REDRED has held the top spot on Apple Music's Top 100: South Korea for 70 consecutive days as of July 6. No boy group that debuted in the past five years has kept a single there longer. It's also the longest No. 1 run of any Korean song released this year.
The title track from their second mini-album reached No. 1 on April 26, six days after dropping. On Apple Music's Top 100: Global, REDRED peaked at No. 18 on May 6 and has stayed on that chart for 69 days. Only two Korean boy groups have appeared on that global chart this year: BTS and CORTIS.
Spotify tells a similar story. REDRED crossed 100 million cumulative streams by June 16. CORTIS's entire Spotify catalog has surpassed 900 million plays—100 million of those added in just 19 days. A track from their previous album, GO!, has cleared 200 million streams on its own.
Domestically, REDRED has taken 11 music broadcast wins. (The song weaves "RED" as a boundary and "GREEN" as a direction through its lyrics, per the group's own description.)
The five-member group—Martin, James, Juhun, Sunghyun, and Gunho—is running their first tour, PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN, through September. They perform at Lollapalooza Chicago on July 31 and August 1, the only K-pop boy group on that lineup this year. Rock in Japan Festival 2026 in Chiba Prefecture follows on September 20. The F1 Singapore Grand Prix 2026 main stage on October 9 closes out the run.
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