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‘Wow Hits,’ ‘King’ still atop SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Thursday, 29 October 2009 02:40 PM America/New_York
Wow Hits 2010

by various artists (Word Records/Word Distribution) remained atop the SoundScan's Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Oct. 25, while One Night With the King (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word) continued to hold the top spot of the Christian Videos list.

Following Wow Hits 2010 were: 2. Peace on Earth by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 3. Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. It Is Well by Kutless (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 5. Church Music by David Crowder Band (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 6. Awake by Skillet (Atlantic/Ardent/INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Building 429 by Building 429 (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Portable Sounds by Toby Mac (ForeFront Records/EMI CMG); 9. This Moment: Cinderella Edition by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); and 10. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity).

After One Night With the King, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Saint Nicholas-A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 3. The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 4. God Made You Special, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 5. Skeeter and the Mystery of the Lost Mosquito Treasure, Hermie & Friends (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 6. How Great Is Our God, Louie Giglio (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 7. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 8. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 9. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); and 10. Faith Like Potatoes (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/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.