Christian Retailing

‘Born Again,’ ‘Flywheel’ atop SoundScan Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 26 July 2010 02:14 PM America/New_York

The Newsboys' Born Again (Inpop Records/EMI CMG Distribution) replaced Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution) atop the SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending July 21, while Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution) continued to hold the top spot of the Christian Videos list.

Following Born Again were: 2. Hello Love; 3. No Changin' Us by Point of Grace (Word Records/Word Distribution); 4. Passion: Awakening by various artists/Passion Band (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 5. The Generous Mr. Lovewell by MercyMe (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. The Light Meets the Dark by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Tonight by TobyMac (Forefront Records/EMI CMG); 8. Until the While World Hears by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Wow Worship (Purple) (Word Records/Word); and 10.
A Beautiful Exchange by Hillsong Live (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG).

After Flywheel, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Black Beauty (Warner Home Video/Word); 3. Abe and the Amazing Promise, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. The Wager (Pure Flix Entertainment/Genius Products/EMI CMG); 5. The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 6. Gideon: Tuba Warrior, Veggie Tales (Big Idea/Word); 7. VeggieTales: Moe and the Big Exit (Big Idea/Word); 8. Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (Bridgestone Multimedia Group); 9. Home Beyond the Sun (Pure Flix Entertainment/EMI CMG); and 10. VeggieTales: Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler (Big Idea/Word).

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.