Casting Crowns, 'Faith Like Potatoes' still atop SoundScan

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 04 October 2010 02:24 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. 26, 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. Love God. Love People. by Israel Houghton (Integrity Music/Columbia Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. Women of Faith Worship by Women of Faith Worship Team (Thomas Nelson); 5. Greatly Blessed by Gaither Vocal Band (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 6. Pieces of a Real Heart by Sanctus Real (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 7. Third Day Chronology: Volume One by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Love Revolution by Natalie Grant (Curb Records/Word Distribution); My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); and 10. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG).

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. Holiday Double Feature, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 5. Letters to God (Possibility Pictures/Vivendi Entertainment/EMI CMG); 6. To Save a Life (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 7. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (Universal Music Christian Group/Vivendi Entertainment/EMI CMG); 8. The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 9. Amish Grace (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); and 10. Sweet Sweet Spirit by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG).

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.