Casting Crowns, 'Faith Like Potatoes' still atop SoundScan

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 20 September 2010 03:06 PM America/New_York

The Altar and the Door

by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) still held the top spot of SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Sept. 12, while Faith Like Potatoes (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity) remained atop the Christian Videos list.

Following The Altar and the Door were: 2. We Cry Out by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG Distribution); 3. Kerry Douglas Presents Gospel Mix IV by various artists (Worldwide Music/Entertainment One Distribution); 4. Pieces of a Real Heart by Sanctus Real (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 5. Third Day Chronology: Volume One by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word Distribution); 7. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); 8. Love God. Love People. by Israel Houghton (Integrity Music/Columbia Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Women of Faith Worship by Women of Faith Worship Team (Thomas Nelson); and 10. The Master Plan by Tamela Mann (Tilly Mann Music Group/Infinity Music Distribution).

After Faith Like Potatoes, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (Lost World Pictures/Bridgestone Multimedia Group); 3. the new VeggieTales release Sweetpea Beauty: A Girl After God's Own Heart (Big Idea/Word); 4. Where's God When I'm Scared?, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 5. Holiday Double Feature, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 6. Letters to God (Possibility Pictures/Vivendi Entertainment/EMI CMG); 7. The Ten Commandments (Genius Entertainment/EMI CMG); 8. Sleepytime Lullabies, "The Praise Baby Collection" (Big House Kids/Provident-Integrity); 9. To Save a Life (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Buzby and the Grumble Bees, Max Lucado's Hermie & Friends (Thomas Nelson).

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.