CORTIS’s second mini-album GREENGREEN has returned to the Billboard 200, seven weeks after dropping off the chart, landing at No. 90 on the chart dated November 7, 2026. The achievement brings the album’s total time on the prestigious U.S. albums chart to 19 weeks — despite the group having no comeback during that period.
According to the latest chart released by Billboard on November 3, the BIGHIT MUSIC boy group’s six-track project has now logged 19 non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200, StarNews Korea reported on November 4. The album also reclaimed No. 1 on Billboard’s World Albums chart and ranked No. 5 on Top Album Sales.
A run built without a comeback
The five-member group initially enjoyed an impressive 18-week consecutive run before the album dropped off the chart, according to allkpop’s coverage on November 5. Its return at No. 90, seven weeks later, extends that run to 19 weeks — an achievement typically reached by top-tier K-pop boy groups that have spent years building a solid fanbase in North America, according to StarNews Korea.
CORTIS accomplished the feat just over a year and three months after their debut. GREENGREEN, released in May, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, marking the group’s first-ever Top 10 entry on the chart. Excluding project teams, it became the fastest K-pop group ever to enter the top three, achieving the feat in just nine months after debut, according to StarNews Korea.
Half a billion streams and counting
The mini-album’s staying power is not limited to the Billboard 200. GREENGREEN has also passed 500 million streams, according to K-pop chart coverage, and its return to the World Albums summit shows the group’s audience is still listening months after release.
A 19-week run on the Billboard 200 is the kind of achievement that usually takes years of North American touring and promotion to build. CORTIS have done it in just over a year since debuting, with a six-track mini-album that has now returned to the chart without any new release to drive it.
Year-end stages ahead
CORTIS will look to solidify their rising status through major domestic and international stages scheduled for the year-end season. The group is set to attend the 2026 Melon Music Awards, held on November 15 at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome, where they will compete for honours, according to StarNews Korea.
For a group barely a year into their career, a 19-week Billboard 200 run — and a chart return with no comeback behind it — is a statement of staying power. GREENGREEN is still selling, still streaming, and still on the chart.
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