Newsboys, ‘Facing the Giants’ lead SoundScan |
Written by Eric Tiansay |
Monday, 26 January 2009 02:53 PM America/New_York |
Go by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG Distribution) supplanted Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity Distribution) atop the SoundScan Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Jan. 18, with Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity) continuing at No. 1 on the Christian Videos list. Following Go was: 2. Wow Hits 2009; 3. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. What If We by Brandon Heath (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. Speaking Louder Than Before by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 6. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 7. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. The Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. I Turn to You by Richie McDonald (Lucid Artist/Lucid Artist); and 10. Dream On by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG). After Facing the Giants, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Alligator Hunter, Life at the Pond (Isaac Entertainment/Word Distribution); 3. How Great Is Our God?, Louie Giglio (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 4. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. The Second Chance (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 7. He Touched Me, Elvis Presley (Coming Home Music/EMI CMG); 8. Walk the Walk: 2 Complete Workouts, Leslie Sansone (GT Media/EMI CMG); 9. Indescribable, Louie Giglio (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); and 10. The Star of Bethlehem (Genius Entertainment/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. |