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Written by Eric Tiansay
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 02:37 PM America/New_York |
 Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution) supplanted Love Takes Wing (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word Distribution) as the surprise hit film returned to the top spot on the SoundScan Christian Videos list for sales the week ending May 17, while Point of Grace's How You Live (Word Records/Word) replaced Newsboys' In the Hands of God (Inpop Records/EMI CMG Distribution) atop the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.
After Fireproof the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Read and Share DVD Bible Volume 1 by Gwen Ellis (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 3. VeggieTales: Moe and the Big Exit (Big Idea/Word); 4. Stayin' Alive ... Laughing! by Chonda Pierce (No Whining Productions/Provident-Integrity); 5. Love Takes Wing; 6. The Praise Baby Collection: Born to Worship (Big House Kids/Provident-Integrity); 7. Faith Like Potatoes (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 8. The Second Chance (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 9. Tree of Life, Really Woolly (Flying Rhinoceros/DaySpring); and 10. Gigi, God's Little Princess, "Gigi, God's Little Princess" series (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson).
Following How You Live were: 2. Newsboys' In the Hands of God; 3. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 4. Crash by Decyfer Down (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. The Transformation by James Fortune & FIYA (Worldwide Music/E1 Entertainment Distribution); 6. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity); 8. The Long Fall Back to Earth by Jars of Clay (Essential Records/Gray Matters/Provident-Integrity); 9. 10 by MercyMe (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 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. |
Missiologist and author Ralph Winter died May 20 at his Pasadena, Calif., home from complications of cancer. He was 84.
Christian Trade Association International (CTAI) has released its 2009-2010 International Market Directory (IMD), listing more than 1,000 suppliers from 62 countries.
Christianity Today International (CTI) has announced that it will end four publications and lay off 30 employees.
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