Christian Retailing

'Fireproof,' Houghton still atop SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 13 April 2009 03:21 PM America/New_York
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GRAMMY Award-winning artist Israel Houghton's The Power of One (Integrity Music/Columbia Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending April 5, while Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity) maintained its hold on the top spot of the SoundScan Christian Videos list.

Following The Power of One were: 2. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 3. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word Distribution); 5. Speaking Louder Than Before by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 6. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity); 9. God of This City by Bluetree (Lucid Artist/Lucid Artist); and 10. Freedom by Mandisa (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG).

After Fireproof, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. VeggieTales: An Easter Carol (Big Idea Productions/Word); 3. Tree of Life, Really Woolly (Flying Rhinoceros/DaySpring); 4. VeggieTales: Abe and the Amazing Promise (Big Idea/Word); 5. The Second Chance (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 8. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 9. This Ain't Prettyville by Chonda Pierce (No Whining Productions/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Come What May (Provident Films/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.