Third Day, 'Christmas Shoes' top SoundScan charts |
Sunday, 16 November 2008 07:00 PM America/New_York |
Third Day's Christmas Offerings (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) returned to the top spot of the SoundScan Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Nov. 9, supplanting Michael W. Smith, while The Christmas Shoes (GT Media/EMI CMG Distribution) climbed atop the Christian Videos list. Christmas Offerings was followed by: 2. Peace on Earth by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 3. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity); 5. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 6. Cry Your Last Tear by Bishop Paul S. Morton (Light Records/Central South Distribution); 7. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Dream On by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 9. What If We by Brandon Heath (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Christmas Gaither Vocal Band Style by Gaither Vocal Band (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG). After The Christmas Shoes, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. The Star of Christmas, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 3. The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (Big Idea/Word); 4. Stand Out Live by Tye Tribbett and G.A. (Sony Music/Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); 5. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (Premise Media Corporation/EMI CMG); 6. The Ultimate Gift (Fox Faith/Word); 7. Amazing Grace (Fox Faith/Word); 8. Saving Sarah Cain (Fox Faith/Word); 9. Dream On by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity). 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. |