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Gigi, MercyMe atop SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 21 September 2009 03:28 PM America/New_York
Gigi's First Day of School, "Gigi, God's Little Princess" series (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson) supplanted Lyle the Kindly Viking, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution) atop the Christian Videos list for sales the week ending Sept. 13, while All That is Within Me by MercyMe (INO Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained No. 1 on the SoundScan's Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.

After Gigi's First Day of School, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Rack, Shack & Benny, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 3. Lyle the Kindly Viking, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella (Big Idea/Word); 5. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. Praises and Smiles, "The Praise Baby Collection" (Big House Kids/Provident-Integrity); 7. Chicken Soup For The Soul: For The Christian Soul (First Look Home Entertainment/EMI CMG); 8. Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (Big Idea/Word); 9. Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee, Hermie & Friends (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); and 10. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity).

Following All That is Within Me were: 2. Awake (Atlantic/Ardent/INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 3. Reunited by Gaither Vocal Band (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 4. Casting Crowns by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. You Deliver Me by Selah (Curb Records/Word); 6. Welcome to the Masquerade by Thousand Foot Krutch (Tooth & Nail Records/EMI CMG); 7. Portable Sounds by Toby Mac (ForeFront Records/EMI CMG); 8. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Gospel Mix Vol. III by various artists (Worldwide Music/E1 Entertainment Distribution); and 10. Fearless by Phillips, Craig & Dean (INO 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.