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Third Day, ‘Caspian’ top SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Tuesday, 23 December 2008 09:23 AM America/New_York

Third Day’s Christmas Offerings climbed back to the top spot of the SoundScan Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Dec. 7, while The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media/EMI CMG Distribution) debuted atop the Christian Videos list.

Christmas Offerings was followed by: 2. Peace on Earth by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 3. Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity); 4. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. It’s a Wonderful Christmas by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. Speaking Louder Than Before by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 7. The Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. The Christmas Collection by Amy Grant (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); and 10. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG).

After Prince Caspian, released Dec. 2, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 3. The Star of Christmas VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 4. The Christmas Shoes (GT Media/EMI CMG); 5. The Ultimate Gift (Fox Faith/Word); 6. The Christmas Blessing (GT Media/EMI CMG); 7. Amazing Grace (Fox Faith/Word); 8. The Nativity Story (New Line Home Entertainment/Word); 9. Saving Sarah Cain (GT Media/EMI CMG); and 10. The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (Big Idea/Word).

The video listings, drawn from a national sample of mainstream and Christian store sales, with music listings based on sales solely at Christian stores, were produced for the Christian Music Trade Association by Nielsen SoundScan.