CORTIS’s second EP GREENGREEN climbed 75 places to No. 39 on the Billboard 200 in its 13th charting week.
CORTIS has surpassed 15 million Instagram followers, reaching the mark in less than a year and setting a new K-pop group record.
BTS remained first in the August boy group brand rankings, while ATEEZ and 2PM posted the month’s largest gains among the top five.
NouerA collected its second career music-show trophy as ‘.exe’ took first place on the August 7 episode of Music Bank.
So Ji Sub leads August’s rising-star brand reputation rankings, while RESCENE posts a notable month-over-month gain.
ALPHA DRIVE ONE will enter the story-led horror challenge of ‘SUMBAKKOKJIL 2’ in an episode arriving on Mnet Plus on August 14.
CORTIS, KATSEYE and GIRLSET have been named to Billboard’s 2026 21 Under 21 list, recognizing young artists whose momentum is reshaping pop music.
RESCENE’s Woni topped August’s individual rookie idol brand reputation rankings as her group placed five members in the top seven.
RESCENE topped the August 2026 rookie idol group brand reputation rankings, followed by CORTIS and ILLIT.
ATEEZ leads a broad K-pop presence on Billboard’s World Albums chart, with CORTIS, Yeonjun, LE SSERAFIM, BTS and more also placing in the top ranks.
By UniKPOP • K-Pop
