'Fireproof,' 'Wow Hits' again top SoundScan charts

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 02 March 2009 03:22 PM America/New_York

Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop the SoundScan Christian Videos list for sales the week ending Feb. 22, while Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity) returned to the top spot of the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart, supplanting Kari Jobe by Kari Jobe (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity).

After Fireproof, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. VeggieTales: Abe and the Amazing Promise (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 3. Though None Go With Me (GT Media/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. Gaither Vocal Band Reunion Volume One (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 7. Gaither Vocal Band Reunion Volume Two (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 8. Saving Sarah Cain (Fox Faith/Word); 9. One Night With the King (Fox Faith/Word); and 10. The Cathedrals: A Farewell Celebration by The Cathedrals (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG).

Following Wow Hits 2009 were: 2. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 3. God of This City by Bluetree (Lucid Artist/Lucid Artist); 4. Innocence & Instinct by Red (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. Kari Jobe; 6. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Gaither Vocal Band Reunion Volume One (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 8. Speaking Louder Than Before by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 9. The Cathedrals: A Farewell Celebration by The Cathedrals (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and 10. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity).

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.