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Casting Crowns, 'Pirates' top SoundScan charts Print Email
Sunday, 19 October 2008 08:00 PM America/New_York

Casting Crowns' first Christmas album, Peace on Earth (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution), debuted at No. 1 on the SoundScan Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Oct. 12, while The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (Big Idea/Word Distribution) also debuted atop the Christian Videos list.

Released Oct. 7, Casting Crowns' Peace on Earth was followed by: 2. Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity); 3. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. I Turn to You by Richie McDonald (Lucid Artist/Lucid Artist); 5. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. Rebel by LeCrae (Reach Records/Central South Distribution); 7. What If We by Brandon Heath (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. One Life by 33Miles (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Today Is the Day by Lincoln Brewster (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); and 10. A Dream to Believe In Volume Two by Nicole C. Mullen (Word Records/Word).

After The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, released Oct. 11, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Thou Shalt Laugh: The Deuce (Razor & Tie/Provident-Integrity); 3. Bursting With Readiness, "Gigi, God's Little Princess" series (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 4. Tomato Sawyer & Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 5. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. Country Bluegrass Homecoming Volume One by Bill Gaither & The Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 7. Country Bluegrass Homecoming Volume Two by Bill Gaither & The Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 8. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 9. Read and Share DVD Bible, Volume One by Gwen Ellis (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); and 10. Sing Along Songs and More, VeggieTales (Big Idea/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.