Christian Retailing

'Fireproof,' ‘Wow Hits’ top SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 16 February 2009 02:48 PM America/New_York
Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop of the SoundScan Christian Videos list for sales the week ending Feb. 8, while Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity) supplanted Gaither Vocal Band Reunion Volume One (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG Distribution) for the top spot on the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.

After Fireproof, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Though None Go With Me (GT Media/EMI CMG); 3. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 4. VeggieTales: Abe and the Amazing Promise (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 5. Gaither Vocal Band Reunion Volume One (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 6. Gaither Vocal Band Reunion Volume Two (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 7. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 8. Hermie the Common Caterpillar, Hermie & Friends (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 9. The Retrievers (GT Media/EMI CMG); and 10. Wow Gospel 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity).

Following Wow Hits 2009 were: 2. Gaither Vocal Band Reunion Volume One (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 3. Gaither Vocal Band Reunion Volume Two (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 4. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 5. Go by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); 6. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Speaking Louder Than Before by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 9. The Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. What If We by Brandon Heath (Reunion Records/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.