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Written by Eric Tiansay
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Monday, 03 May 2010 03:27 PM America/New_York |
 This Ain't Prettyville by Chonda Pierce (No Whining Productions/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop the SoundScan's Christian Videos list for sales the week ending April 28, while Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity) continued to hold the top spot of Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.
After This Ain't Prettyville, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Heroes of the Bible! Vol. 3, VeggieTales (Big Idea Productions/Word Distribution); 3. A Woman's Prayer Life, "Extraordinary Women" series by Beth Moore (Word Entertainment/Word); 4. Pistachio: The Little Boy That Woodn't, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 5. The Best of Guy Penrod by Guy Penrod (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG Distribution); 6. The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 7. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 8. The Wager (Pure Flix/Genius Products/EMI CMG); 9. Did I Say That Out Loud? by Chonda Pierce (No Whining Productions/Provident-Integrity); and 10. The Blind Side (Warner Home Video/Word/Spring Arbor Distributors).
Following Over and Underneath were: 2. Until the While World Hears by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 3. Wow Worship (Purple) by various artists (Word Records/Word); 4. Tonight by TobyMac (Forefront Records/EMI CMG); 5. Breathe Deep by Guy Penrod (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 6. Wow Hits 2010 by various artists (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 7. Throne Room by CeCe Winans (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Awake by Skillet (Atlantic/Ardent/INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. The Best of Guy Penrod by Guy Penrod (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG Distribution); and 10. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word).
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. |
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