Crowns, 'Saint Nicholas' atop SoundScan charts

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 07 December 2009 02:23 PM America/New_York

Peace on Earth by Casting Crowns supplanted the band's own Until the While World Hears (both Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) for the top spot of the SoundScan's Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Nov. 29, while Saint Nicholas-A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution) replaced The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word) atop the Christian Videos list.

Following Peace on Earth and Until the While World Hears were: 3. Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. This Moment: Cinderella Edition by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 5. Wow Hits 2010 by various artists (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 6. It's a Wonderful Christmas by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Beauty Will Rise by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 8. Casting Crowns by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); and 10. Hello Hurricane by Switchfoot (Credential Recordings/EMI CMG).

After Saint Nicholas and The Ultimate Gift, the best-selling DVDs were: 3. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 4. God Made You Special, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 5. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. VeggieTales: Abe and the Amazing Promise (Big Idea/Word); 7. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 8. The Christmas Shoes (GT Media/EMI CMG); 9. Faith Like Potatoes (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Christmas Child (GT Media/EMI CMG).

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.