Casting Crowns, 'Sperry' remain atop SoundScan

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 11 April 2011 02:03 PM America/New_York

Until the Whole World Hears

by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop the SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending April 3, while The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (Five & Two Pictures/Christiano Film Group/Bridgestone Multimedia Group) still held the top spot on the Christian Videos list.

Following Until the Whole World Hears were: 2. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG Distribution); 3. Hundred More Years by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word Distribution); 4. Hello Fear by Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 5. The Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. Passion: Here for You by various artists/Passion Band (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 7. It Is Well (Expanded Edition) by Kutless (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 8. Move by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Freedom by Mandisa (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); and 10. And If Our God Is For Us... by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG).

After The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. 'Twas the Night Before Easter, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 3. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 4. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 5. The Best of David Phelps by David Phelps (Gaither Music Group/Word); 6. Lord of the Beans, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 7. Alaskan Homecoming by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 8. Majesty by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 9. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); and 10. How Great Is Our God, Louie Giglio (sixstepsrecords/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.