K-pop boy band CORITS racks up 1.5 bil. Spotify streams

K-pop boy band CORTIS has accumulated 1.5 billion streams on Spotify since its debut, according to an announcement from its agency, BigHit Music, on Thursday. As of Tuesday, the group's total Spotify streams reached nearly 1.6 billion, with approximately 1.2 billion of those occurring this year.

The Korea Times reports that the song "RedRed," which was released in April, has accounted for about 276 million of those streams. BigHit Music stated that CORTIS reached the 1.5 billion stream milestone in the shortest amount of time among K-pop boy bands that debuted within the last five years. The achievement comes 15 months after the group's debut.

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