Christian Retailing

‘Wow Hits 2011,’ ‘Fireproof’ atop SoundScan Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Thursday, 23 December 2010 10:42 AM America/New_York

Wow Hits 2011 (Wow/EMI CMG) and Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity) continued at No. 1 on the Christian/Gospel—Christian retail and Christian Videos list, respectively, for sales the week ending Dec. 19.

 

Also on the music list were: 2. And If Our God Is For Us... by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 3. It’s a Wonderful Christmas by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 4. The Gift by Susan Boyle (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); 5. Move by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. We Cry Out: The Worship Project by Jeremy Camp (Bec recordings/); Tonight by TobyMac (Forefront Records/EMI CMG); 9. Wonder by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Until the Whole World Hears, Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity).

After Fireproof, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. The Wonderful Wizard of Ha’s, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 3. It’s a Meaningful Life, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. The Christmas Blessing (GT Media/EMI CMG); 5. Saint Nicholas—A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 6. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 7. Sweetpea Beauty: A Girl After God’s Own Heart, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 8. The Twelve Words of Christmas, Louie Giglio, “Passion Talk Series” (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 9. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Gideon: Tuba Warrior, VeggieTales (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.