{
  "id": 19603046,
  "title": "K-pop boy band CORTIS racks up 1.5 bil. Spotify streams",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/k-pop-boy-band-cortis-racks-up-1-5-bil-spotify-streams",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T05:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/k-pop/20261112/k-pop-boy-band-cortis-racks-up-15-bil-spotify-streams"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "K-pop boy band CORTIS has surpassed 1.5 billion streams on Spotify since its debut, according to its agency, BigHit Music. As of Tuesday, total streams for the group's songs had reached nearly 1.6 billion, with approximately 1.2 billion of those occurring this year.\n\nThe group's song \"RedRed,\" which was released in April, has accounted for about 276 million 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. This achievement comes 15 months after the group's debut.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "K-pop boy band Cortis racks up 1.5 bln Spotify streams",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/k-pop-boy-band-cortis-racks-up-1-5-bln-spotify-streams",
        "published": "2026-11-12T03:04:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}