Rock and worship shared the honors at the top of the Christian music sales charts for the week ending Feb. 27.

According to sales at Christian retail tracked by Nielsen SoundScan for the Christian Music Trade Association (CMTA), the top 10 selling releases were: 1. The Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution), 2. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity), 3. Born Again by Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG), 4. It Is Well (expanded edition) by Kutless (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG), 5. The Generous Mr. Lovewell, MercyMe (INO Records/Provident-Integrity), 6. WOW Hits 2011by various artists (Wow/EMI CMG), 7. And If Our God Is For Us... by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG), 8. Church Music by David Crowder Band (sixstepsrecords/), 9. Aftermath by Hillsong United (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG) and 10. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word Distribution).

The CMTA's video listing for the same period, drawn from a national sample of mainstream and Christian store sales, was: 1. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity), 2. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity), 3. Majesty by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 4. Alaskan Homecoming by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 5. An Easter Carol, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word), 6. Girl Power Triple Feature, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word), 7. God Made You Special, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word), 8. Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (Lost World Pictures/Bridgestone Multimedia Group), 9. Lee Strobel's The Case for Christ (Thomas Nelson) and 10. Praises and Smiles, The Praise Baby Collection (Big House Kids/Provident-Integrity). 

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