Cortis’ 2nd EP garners 500m plays on Spotify

Cortis reached 500 million streams on Spotify with its second EP “Greengreen,” label Big Hit Music said Wednesday.

The six-track EP accomplished the feat in about five months.

The album rolled out in May and sold more than 2.3 million units in its first week. So far, it has sold over 4.3 million copies and is the second K-pop act released this year, following BTS’ fifth LP “Arirang,” to exceed 4 million in sales.

“GreenGreen” debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and spent 18 weeks on the chart. It also it Oricon’s Daily Album Ranking at No. 1. The main track “RedRed” earned the rookie group 12 trophies from domestic television music chart shows and reached No. 36 on Spotify’s Daily Top Songs Global chart.