Cortis Breaks Top 3 Billboard 200, This New K-pop Entrant Is Soaring in the US

K-pop group Cortis for their second EP, "GreenGreen". The album entered the 3rd position on the Billboard 200. (BigHit Music/Yonhap)

JAKARTA - The new K-pop group, Cortis, has made great achievements in the US music market. Their latest album, "GreenGreen", ranked 3rd on the Billboard 200.

According to Yonhap's report, Monday, May 18, the second EP of the five-member group earned 87,000 album-equivalent units in the latest tracking week. Of that number, 81,500 units came from album sales.

The Billboard 200 is the main album chart in the United States. The ranking is calculated from the sales of physical and digital albums, streaming, and song downloads that are converted into album units.

This achievement is Cortis' highest position since debut. This is also the first time they have entered the top 10 of the Billboard 200.

Previously, Cortis had broken into the Billboard 200 with the debut EP "Color Outside the Lines". The album reached position 15 years ago.

BigHit Music, Cortis' agency, said the group became the fastest K-pop group, outside of a project group, to enter the top three of the Billboard 200. The record was achieved just nine months after its debut.

The agency also stated that Cortis is the only boy band formed in the last five years and managed to break into the top three of the Billboard 200.

Meanwhile, BTS is still in the top 10. Their fifth studio album, "Arirang", is at No. 8 on this week's Billboard 200. The album dropped one spot, but has now spent eight consecutive weeks in the top 10.