Big Hit's Rookie Group Cortis Enters Major Charts in Korea, China, and Japan

Cortis. Photo by Big Hit Music

The debut album "Color Outside the Lines" by rookie group Cortis (Cortis: Martin, James, Juhun, Sunghyun, Geonho) has entered major domestic and international charts immediately after its release.

According to Hanteo Chart on September 11, "Color Outside the Lines" surpassed cumulative sales of 310,000 copies within three days of its release. The album set the record for the highest first-day sales among rookies who debuted this year, and its sales continue to grow steadily.

The album ranked 65th on the United States Apple Music "Top Albums" chart (as of September 9), with Cortis being the only K-pop artist to appear on the chart that day. It also entered the United States iTunes "Top Albums" chart at 88th and climbed as high as 32nd place.

On the Oricon "Daily Album Ranking" in Japan (as of September 9), the album debuted at No. 2 on its first day. On China's QQ Music latest chart (as of September 10), all tracks from the album simultaneously entered the "Soaring," "Popularity Index," and "New Songs" charts. The intro track "Go!" took the No. 1 spot on the "Soaring" chart, with "Fashion" at No. 3, the title track "What You Want" at No. 13, "Joyride" at No. 17, and "Lullaby" at No. 52. On QQ Music's main song chart "Hot Songs," "Go!" ranked No. 3, "Fashion" No. 27, and "Joyride" No. 84, placing three songs on the chart.

Cortis is a rookie group launched by Big Hit Music, a subsidiary of HYBE, six years after BTS and Tomorrow X Together. Starting with Mnet's "M Countdown" on this day, they will begin promotions for their follow-up track "Fashion."