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CORTIS's debut EP 'Color Outside the Lines' surpasses 600 million Spotify streams, making it the fastest-growing debut album by a K-pop boy group in five years. With over 2 million album sales, Billboard chart domination, and historic bookings at Lollapalooza and the Singapore F1 Grand Prix, the Big Hit Music rookies are redefining K-pop's global reach in their first year.
CORTIS achieves their first Melon Top 5 entry with 'REDRED' while their second EP 'GREENGREEN' sells nearly 1.2 million copies in a single day. The BIGHIT MUSIC group also charts on Billboard Global 200 and Spotify's Daily Top Songs Global.
BTS's comeback album ARIRANG continues its reign on Spotify and UK Official Charts for six straight weeks, becoming the most-streamed K-Pop album in Spotify history with all 14 tracks maintaining global chart positions.
BTS is set to make Billboard history as 'SWIM' is projected to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100, while all 14 tracks from the record-breaking 'ARIRANG' album are expected to chart within the Top 80. The album has already topped charts in the UK, Australia, France, and 127 countries on Apple Music, with 545 million Spotify streams in its first week.
BTS's comeback album ARIRANG has broken every record in its path, selling 4.17 million copies in its first week, debuting at No. 1 on the UK Official Albums Chart, and amassing 545 million Spotify streams. Here's a complete breakdown of the historic first-week achievements.
Spotify announces 'Spotify x BTS: SWIMSIDE,' an exclusive invite-only fan event in New York City on March 23, where 1,000 of BTS's top listeners will experience an intimate performance and Q&A celebrating the group's comeback album ARIRANG.
