Christian Retailing

Chris Tomlin, comedy DVD top SoundScan charts Print Email
Sunday, 12 October 2008 08:00 PM America/New_York

Chris Tomlin returned to the top spot of the SoundScan Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Oct. 5 by supplanting Lincoln Brewster, while Thou Shalt Laugh: The Deuce (Razor & Tie/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop the Christian Videos list.

Following Tomlin's fifth studio album Hello Love (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution) were: 2. I Turn to You by Richie McDonald (Lucid Artist/Lucid Artist); 3. Counting on God by New Life Worship (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); 4. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. Rebel by LeCrae (Reach Records/Central South Distribution); 6. Today Is the Day by Lincoln Brewster (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); 7. What If We by Brandon Heath (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. A Dream to Believe In Volume Two by Nicole C. Mullen (Word Records/Word); 9. One Life by 33Miles (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. All That Is Within Me by MercyMe (INO Records/Provident-Integrity).

After Thou Shalt Laugh, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Bursting With Readiness, "Gigi, God's Little Princess" series (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 3. Tomato Sawyer & Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. How Great Is Our God by Louie Giglio (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 7. Jesus by Shekinah Glory Ministry (Kingdom Records/EMI CMG); 8. Country Bluegrass Homecoming Volume One by Bill Gaither & The Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 9. Indescribable by Louie Giglio (sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); and 10. It's Probably Just My Thyroid by Anita Renfroe (Bluebonnet Hills Music/Word).

Video listings were 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.