CORTIS' 'REDRED' Passes 274 Million Spotify Streams, Most for a Boy Group Debuted in the Last 5 Years
CORTIS' "REDRED" has topped 274 million Spotify streams, the highest total for any song by a K-pop boy group that debuted in the past five years, Big Hit Music said on Nov. 9 KST.
CORTIS now holds the three most-streamed Spotify songs by any K-pop boy group that debuted in the past five years. Big Hit Music said on Nov. 9 KST that "REDRED," the lead single of the group's second mini album, passed 274 million streams on Spotify's Nov. 7 chart, ahead of the group's own debut-album tracks "GO!" and "FaSHioN."
"REDRED" got there fast: 100 million streams in 57 days and 200 million in 128 days, more than twice the pace of the earlier two songs, according to the agency. In its seventh month out, it is still adding more than 800,000 plays a day.
At home, the song has topped Spotify's Daily Top Songs Korea 121 times and Apple Music's Today's Top 100: Korea 96 times, and it earned its 12th music show trophy on "Music Bank" in early October, according to Korean outlets. CORTIS is set to perform at the 18th Melon Music Awards on Nov. 15 and the 2026 MAMA AWARDS on Nov. 20 and 21, The Korea Times reports.
Confirmed
- According to Big Hit Music on Nov. 9, 2026 (KST), "REDRED," the title track of CORTIS' second mini album, passed 274 million cumulative Spotify streams on Spotify's Nov. 7 chart, the most for a song by a K-pop boy group that debuted within the last five years.
- Per the agency, CORTIS' debut-album tracks "GO!" (about 266 million) and "FaSHioN" (about 247 million) rank second and third on the same measure, giving the group the top three spots.
- Big Hit Music said "REDRED" hit 100 million streams in 57 days and 200 million in 128 days, and still draws more than 800,000 streams a day.
Reported by other outlets
- STARNEWS, Sports Donga and The Korea Times report that "REDRED" has reached No. 1 on Spotify's Daily Top Songs Korea chart 121 times, the most for a K-pop group song, and No. 1 on Apple Music's Today's Top 100: Korea 96 times, the longest run for a song released this year.
- The same outlets report the song stayed in Melon's monthly top three for five straight months and returned to No. 1 on KBS2's "Music Bank" in the first week of October for its 12th music show win.
Unconfirmed
- The agency projects "REDRED" will pass 300 million streams before the end of the year; that milestone has not happened yet.
Analysis
2FC NEWSROOM analysis: Three songs above 245 million streams shows CORTIS' audience isn't riding on one hit, which sets the group up strongly heading into year-end award shows.