Christian Retailing

Camp, 'Perfect Stranger' remain atop SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 01 February 2010 03:01 PM America/New_York
Speaking Louder Than Before

by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG Distribution) continued to hold the top spot of the SoundScan's Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Jan. 24, while Perfect Stranger and Another Perfect Stranger: The Director's Double Feature (Kelly's Filmworks/EMI CMG) remained atop the Christian Videos list.

Following Speaking Louder Than Before were: 2. Wow Hits 2010 by various artists (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 3. Until the While World Hears by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 4. Give Yourself Away by NewSong (His Honor Music/EMI CMG); 5. It Is Well by Kutless (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 6. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Awake by Skillet (Atlantic/Ardent/INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Beauty Will Rise by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 9. Gospel Goes Classical by Juanita Bynum and Johnathan Butler (Maranatha! Music/Word Distribution); and 10. Church Music by David Crowder Band (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG).

After Perfect Stranger and Another Perfect Stranger, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 3. Lord of the Beans, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. One Night With the King (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 6. No Greater Love (Lionsgate Home Entertainment/Thomas Nelson); 7. God Made You Special, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 8. Saint Nicholas-A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 9. Faith Like Potatoes (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Facing the Giants (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.