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Chonda Pierce, MercyMe top SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 04 May 2009 12:37 PM America/New_York

altChonda Pierce's Stayin' Alive ... Laughing! by Chonda Pierce (No Whining Productions/Provident-Integrity Distribution) supplanted Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity) for the top spot on the SoundScan Christian Videos list for sales the week ending April 26, while MercyMe's "best of" album 10 (INO Records/Provident-Integrity) remained atop the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart. Fireproof has been ranked No. 1 since it was released on video Jan. 27.

After Stayin' Alive ... Laughing!, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Fireproof; 3. Read and Share DVD Bible Volume 1 By Gwen Ellis (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 4. Faith Like Potatoes (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 5. A Gospel Journey by The Oak Ridge Boys (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG Distribution); 6. Tree of Life, Really Woolly (Flying Rhinoceros/DaySpring); 7. The Second Chance (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 8. VeggieTales: Abe and the Amazing Promise (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 9. This Ain't Prettyville by Chonda Pierce (No Whining Productions/Provident-Integrity); and 10. One Night With the King (Fox Faith/Word).

Following 10 were: 2. How You Live by Point of Grace (Word Records/Word); 3. The Long Fall Back to Earth by Jars of Clay (Essential Records/Gray Matters/Provident-Integrity); 4. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 5. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. True Beauty by Mandisa (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 7. A Gospel Journey by The Oak Ridge Boys (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 8. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); and 10. Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/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.