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Britain's Official Charts Company said the launch of the new
charts coincided with the run-up to next weekend's international
Record Store Day, which is a celebration of vinyl records and
the mainly independent stores that continue to sell them against
a tide of downloads and streaming.
"2014 witnessed vinyl LP sales reaching a 20-year high in the UK
at 1.29 million, following seven years of unbroken growth," the
chart company, which provides weekly rankings of British music
sales, said in a statement.
It said for the first quarter of 2015 vinyl album purchasing
rose 69 percent versus the same period in 2014. Vinyl singles
sales grew 23 percent.
The company said former Oasis singer Gallagher's band came out
on top of its new charts on both for its album "Chasing
Yesterday" and for the single "Ballad of the Mighty I".
(This version of the story fixes the garble in last paragraph)
(Reporting by Michael Roddy; Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)
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