'Passion' and 'Night Before Easter' top SoundScan

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 21 March 2011 02:15 PM America/New_York

Passion: Here for You

by various artists/Passion Band (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution) topped the SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending March 13, while VeggieTales''Twas the Night Before Easter (Big Idea/Word Distribution) took the top spot on the Christian Videos list.

Following Passion: Here for You were: 2. Until the Whole World Hears by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 3. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); 4. The Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. Hundred More Years by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 6. The Generous Mr. Lovewell by MercyMe (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. And If Our God Is For Us... by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 9. It Is Well by Kutless (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); and 10. Church Music by David Crowder Band (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG).

After 'Twas the Night Before Easter, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 3. The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (Five & Two Pictures/Christiano Film Group/Bridgestone Multimedia Group); 4. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. VeggieTales' Girl Power Triple Feature (Big Idea/Word); 6. Majesty by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 7. Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (Lost World Pictures/Bridgestone Multimedia Group); 8. Sweetpea: A Girl After God's Own Heart, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 9. Alaskan Homecoming by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and 10. Lee Strobel's The Case for Christ (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.