Crowns, 'Ultimate Gift' still atop SoundScan charts |
Written by Eric Tiansay |
Monday, 28 December 2009 02:29 PM America/New_York |
Peace on Earth by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) continued to hold the top spot on the SoundScan's Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Dec. 20, while The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word Distribution) remained atop the Christian Videos list. Following Peace on Earth were: 2. Until the While World Hears by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 3. Wow Hits 2010 by various artists (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 4. Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 5. Beauty Will Rise by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 6. Hello Hurricane by Switchfoot (Credential Recordings/EMI CMG); 7. Awake by Skillet (Atlantic/Ardent/INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Church Music by David Crowder Band (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 9. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); and 10. It Is Well by Kutless (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG). After The Ultimate Gift, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Saint Nicholas-A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 3. God Made You Special, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. One Night With the King (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 6. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 7. Christmas Child (GT Media/EMI CMG); 8. The Nativity Story (New Line Cinema/Warner Home Video/Word); 9. The Christmas Shoes (GT Media/EMI CMG); and 10. Faith Like Potatoes (Affirm Films/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. |