Kari Jobe

by Kari Jobe (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity Distribution) replaced Wow Hits 2011 (Wow/EMI CMG Distribution) for the top spot of the SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Jan. 2, while Lee Strobel's The Case for Christ (Lionsgate/Thomas Nelson) took over for Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity) atop the Christian Videos list.

Following Kari Jobe were: 2. Wow Hits 2011; 3. And If Our God Is For Us... by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 4. We All Are One: Live in Detroit by Donnie McClurkin (Verity Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. Move by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. The Outsiders by Needtobreathe (Atlantic Records/Word Distribution); 7. The Gift by Susan Boyle (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); 8. We Cry Out: The Worship Project by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 9. Until the Whole World Hears by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Tonight by TobyMac (Forefront Records/EMI CMG).

After The Case for Christ, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Fireproof; 3. Walk the Walk: 1&2 Mile, Leslie Sansone (GT Media/EMI CMG); 4. Silly Little Thing Called Love, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 5. Walk the Walk: Firm Walk, Leslie Sansone (GT Media/EMI CMG); 6. The Christmas Hope (GT Media/EMI CMG); 7. It's a Meaningful Life, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 8. Saint Nicholas—A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 9. The Christmas Blessing (GT Media/EMI CMG); and 10. The Strength Within, Billy Blanks (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.