article_snippet.sent: It could be time to dust off the turntables as vinyl records are revealed to be enjoying a startling revival.
article_snippet.sent: Last year saw more than one million albums sold on vinyl for the first time in almost two decades after seven years of steady growth.
article_snippet.sent: Sales are expected to hit two million Last year and, in recognition of this trend, the UK’s first official weekly vinyl chart has been established.
article_snippet.sent: The Official Vinyl Charts have been released today by the Official Charts Company to mark Record Store Day, which seeks to celebrate independent record stores, and will be available on the Official Charts Company website.
article_snippet.sent: Martin Talbot, Official Charts Company chief executive, said: ‘With vinyl album sales up by almost 70 percent already this year, vinyl junkies could well have snapped up two million units by the end of this year
article_snippet.sent: an extraordinary number, if you consider sales were one-tenth of that just six years ago.
article_snippet.sent: This growth underlines the continuing resurgence of this much-loved format,
article_snippet.sent: Last year saw almost 1.3million vinyl albums sold, compared to 56million CDs and just under 6,000 cassette tapes.
article_snippet.sent: Although this only made up 1.5 percent of all album sales, it is the largest number since 1995, when the figure was slightly over 1.4million compared to less than 40million CDs and 24million tapes.
article_snippet.sent: While still a way off the all-time high of 92million vinyl LPs sold in 1975, by breaking through the one million mark, 2014 showed a clear improvement on 2007’ s low point of 205,000.
article_snippet.sent: Vinyl was the most popular format for music until 1985, when Vinyl was overtaken by cassettes.
article_snippet.sent: While the mainstream charts are dominated by contemporary releases, the first vinyl charts see older music also competing for places.
article_snippet.sent: The new figures have also revealed the most popular albums and singles of the decade.
highlights_snippet.sent: First official weekly vinyl chart established as annual sales reach 2 million .
  