CORTIS, Wins the ‘iHeartRadio’ New Artist Award - 스포츠경향
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The idol group CORTIS has earned the honor of winning at a U.S. music awards show for the first time since their debut.
CORTIS (Martin, James, Juhun, Sunghyun, Geonho) won the ‘Best New Artist in K-pop’ category at the ‘2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards’ (iHeart Radio Music Awards 2026) held in Los Angeles on the 26th (local time).
The five members shared their acceptance remarks via video. They said, “We are very proud to receive this award and sincerely grateful. We think we will never forget this going forward.” They also told COER·fandom name, “Thank you for supporting us from the very beginning. Like our team name ‘COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES’, we hope we can continue moving forward together, breaking free from standards and rules set by the world.” Finally, they added, “We want to share the music we will unveil soon with you as quickly as possible. Please look forward to our next steps,” heightening anticipation for the new release.
The ‘iHeartRadio Music Awards’ is a music awards ceremony that the U.S. online radio broadcaster iHeartRadio has hosted since 2014. It presents awards to the artists and songs that were played the most on iHeartRadio stations and its application over the year.
CORTIS has drawn attention with impressive North American activities since their debut. They appeared on ‘iHeartRadio Live’ last October, and in February this year they took the stage as the headliner for the U.S. professional basketball music festival ‘NBA Crossover concert series’, the first K-pop act to do so.
Their local activities translated into a broader listenership. Their debut album ‘COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES’, released in September last year, surpassed 400 million cumulative streams on the global audio·music streaming platform Spotify in roughly six months (as of February 26). By country/region, the United States accounted for the highest share of listeners. According to the latest charts from the U.S. music outlet Billboard (dated March 28), the track ‘GO!’ ranked 34th on ‘Pop Airplay’. It entered, for four consecutive weeks, the chart that shows the ranking of songs with the most radio plays in the U.S. over a week. Six months after the song was released, it proved an unusual “long run” of popularity.
CORTIS had already swept five rookie trophies at domestic music awards. They took ‘2025 MAMA AWARDS’, ‘10th Anniversary Asia Artist Awards 2025’, ‘The 40th Golden Disc Awards’, ‘The 2nd The Awards’, and ‘The 33rd Hanteo Music Awards 2025’ in succession.
Having proven their presence as the ‘Best New Artist’, CORTIS has officially kicked off the countdown toward the title track to be released on April 20. According to the promotion calendar unveiled on March 26, after the title track is released they will hold an offline release party with fans and carry out music show promotions. Their second mini album ‘GREENGREEN’, slated for official release on May 4, has already surpassed 500,000 Spotify pre-saves, signaling strong global prospects.
