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Alright, we'll jump in and give this story some more fuel, if only because record sale figures are pretty fascinating in today's highly pirated digital world. New York indie darlings Vampire Weekend reached No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart with their sophomore record Contra via XL. Released January 12, the album sold 124,000 copies its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Their self-titled debut has sold 490,000 copies to date. Billboard reports Contra is "the 12th independently distributed album to top the Billboard 200 chart since SoundScan began [...]