About 9 million orders were recorded for “FML,” an EP by Seventeen. Suga's 'D-DAY,' a solo album, was released last month and was followed by his solo world tour. Second quarter earnings are expected to be solid as well, reflecting album sales by BTS's Suga, Seventeen and Le Sserafim. The company sold 3.14 million units of “The Name Chapter: Temptation,” an EP from Tomorrow X Together, 1.3 million units of “OMG” by New Jeans, and 1.27 million albums by Seventeen in the first quarter. Lead track “Like Crazy” landed on top of Billboard Hot 100, a first for any solo K-pop star. A total of 1.45 million units of “Face,” Jimin’s first solo album, which was released in March, were sold in the first week of release. The increase in profit and sales were driven by an increase in HYBE artist album sales, which jumped more than fourfold on year to 9.1 million units. Operating profit was 52.5 billion won, a 41.51 percent jump on year, beating the market consensus of 46.7 billion won. Sales climbed 44.07 percent to 410.6 billion won, falling short of 428.3 billion won expectations. The figure exceeded expectations of 42.8 billion won, as compiled by FnGuide, defeating worries of falling profit as BTS members go off to fulfill their mandatory military service. HYBE's headquarters in Yongsan District, central Seoul HYBE’s first quarter net profit jumped 62.21 percent to 49.8 billion won ($37.2 million) on year due to robust sales of albums by the K-pop agency’s artists, such as Jimin of BTS, Tomorrow X Together and NewJeans.

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