CORTIS M Countdown No. 1: REDRED Secures Triple Crown After May 14 Win

CORTIS secured first place with “REDRED” on the May 14, 2026 episode of Mnet’s “M Countdown,” giving the song its third win on the program and a triple crown. The May 14 result followed earlier “M Countdown” wins tied to the April 30 and May 7 broadcasts, making CORTIS REDRED one of the most clearly documented music-show stories in the available source record.¹

On the May 14 episode, CORTIS defeated BABYMONSTER’s “CHOOM” with 10,160 points. Soompi reported the result as the fourth overall win for “REDRED” and the song’s third win specifically on “M Countdown.”¹

CORTIS M Countdown First-Place Run

The sequence began with the April 30, 2026 episode of “M Countdown,” where CORTIS won the first music-show trophy of its career. “REDRED” beat NCT WISH’s “Ode to Love” with 8,902 points, establishing the first confirmed broadcast win in the available reports.²

A Korean report from Star Daily News, carried by Nate, also identified the April 30 result as CORTIS’s first music-broadcast trophy. That report added that the win came before album-score points were reflected and was based on digital performance, fan voting, and social media scores.³

The next documented “M Countdown” result came on the May 7, 2026 episode. Soompi reported that the program was a special broadcast using replayed performances, with ILLIT’s “It’s Me” and CORTIS’s “REDRED” listed as the final candidates.⁴

The May 14 broadcast then completed the triple crown on “M Countdown.” In the available source material, that result is the clearest point at which the song’s run moved from an initial breakthrough into a repeated program-level achievement.

“M Countdown” episode date	Result for CORTIS REDRED	Opponent or finalist detail	Reported points or note
April 30, 2026	First career music-show win	Beat NCT WISH’s “Ode to Love”	8,902 points; separate Korean reporting said the result came before album-score points were reflected²³
May 7, 2026	Second career music-show trophy	Final candidates were ILLIT’s “It’s Me” and CORTIS’s “REDRED”	Special broadcast using replayed performances⁴
May 14, 2026	Third “M Countdown” win and triple crown	Beat BABYMONSTER’s “CHOOM”	10,160 points¹

Release Timeline Behind REDRED

“REDRED” was released before the full EP rollout was completed. OSEN, carried by Chosun, reported that CORTIS released the audio and music video for “REDRED” at 6 p.m. KST on April 20, 2026, ahead of the May 4 release of the EP “GREENGREEN.”⁵

The same report described the song through its color framework, with “GREEN” representing the direction CORTIS pursues and “RED” representing what the group avoids. It also stated that album pre-orders had passed 2 million copies before the EP’s release.⁵

Those release facts give the April 30 “M Countdown” result a specific timeline. The first trophy arrived ten days after the audio and music video release of “REDRED” and before the May 4 release of “GREENGREEN.” The available reports do not provide a full scoring breakdown for every broadcast, but they do identify the April 30 win as occurring before album-score points were reflected.³

The sources also show that the “M Countdown” wins were not isolated from the wider release cycle. The song’s broadcast results developed alongside pre-release interest in “GREENGREEN” and later international chart reporting. That does not prove a single cause for the wins, but it places the music-show results within a broader documented campaign for the title track and EP.

Chart Indicators After the Broadcast Wins

CORTIS’s “REDRED” also appeared in Billboard-related reporting after its domestic music-show run began. StarNews reported that the song entered Billboard’s Bubbling Under Hot 100 at No. 17 on the chart dated May 16, 2026. The same report said “REDRED” ranked No. 43 on the Global 200 and No. 24 on Global Excl. U.S., while CORTIS’s cumulative Spotify streams had surpassed 600 million as of May 11.⁶

These chart figures are separate from the “M Countdown” scoring system, but they help show the range of reported activity around the release. The broadcast record centers on dated program wins, opponents, and point totals, while the Billboard and Spotify details point to international and streaming indicators reported during the same promotional period.

CORTIS M Countdown No. 1 REDRED Seoul music scene

CORTIS’s May 14 “M Countdown” win with “REDRED” stands as the key confirmed update: a first-place finish over BABYMONSTER’s “CHOOM,” a 10,160-point total, and the song’s third win on the program. Together with the April 30 first career music-show trophy and the May 7 follow-up result, the available records support a concise conclusion: “REDRED” completed a documented triple crown on “M Countdown” by May 14, 2026.