MercyMe, 'Fireproof' top SoundScan charts

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 20 April 2009 02:34 PM America/New_York

MercyMe's "best of" album 10 (INO Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) supplanted Israel Houghton's The Power of One (Integrity Music/Columbia Records/Provident-Integrity) for the top spot on the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending April 12, while Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity) remained atop the SoundScan Christian Videos list.

Following 10 were: 2. The Power of One; 3. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word Distribution); 4. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 5. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity); 7. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Speaking Louder Than Before by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 9. While I'm Waiting by John Waller (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. God of This City by Bluetree (Lucid Artist/Lucid Artist).

After Fireproof, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Faith Like Potatoes (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 3. VeggieTales: An Easter Carol (Big Idea Productions/Word); 4. Tree of Life, Really Woolly (Flying Rhinoceros/DaySpring); 5. The Second Chance (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. VeggieTales: Abe and the Amazing Promise (Big Idea/Word); 7. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. This Ain't Prettyville by Chonda Pierce (No Whining Productions/Provident-Integrity); 9. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); and 10. The Velveteen Rabbit (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson).

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.