'Hallelujah' still top |
Written by Eric Tiansay |
Monday, 23 May 2011 02:36 PM America/New_York |
A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) still held the top spot on the SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending May 15, while Heroes of the Bible: Lions, Shepherds and Queens, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution) remained atop the Christian Videos list. Following A New Hallelujah were: 2. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG Distribution); 3. Listen to the Sound by Building 429 (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. What If We Were Real by Mandisa (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 5. Hundred More Years by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 6. Blessings by Laura Story (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. More Passion by Juanita Bynum (Flow Records/Central South Distribution/Infinity Music Distribution); 8. Horseshoes & Handgrenades by Disciple (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Move by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Wow Hits 2011 (Wow/EMI CMG). After Lions, Shepherds and Queens, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Sweetpea: A Girl After God's Own Heart, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 3. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 4. The Book of Ruth (Pure Flix Entertainment/EMI CMG); 5. Gideon Tuba Warrior, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 6. In the Blink of an Eye (Pure Flix Entertainment/EMI CMG); 7. Veggie Classics Triple Feature, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 8. Skeeter and the Mystery of the Lost Mosquito Treasure, Hermie & Friends (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 9. Mandie and the Cherokee Treasure (Lost World Pictures/Bridgestone Multimedia Group); and 10. The Courage to Love (GT Media/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. |