‘The Climb,’ Toby Mac top SoundScan charts

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 29 June 2009 02:27 PM America/New_York

The Climb (World Wide Pictures/Wesscott Marketing) supplanted Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush (Big Idea/Word Distribution) for the top spot of the SoundScan Christian Videos list for sales the week ending June 21, while Toby Mac's Portable Sounds (ForeFront Records/EMI CMG Distribution) remained atop the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.

After The Climb the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Minnesota Cuke; 3. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 4. Faith Like Potatoes (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 5. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. The Best of Larry Ford by Larry Ford (Gaither Music Group/ EMI CMG); 7. Hermie the Common Caterpillar, Hermie & Friends (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 8. The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 9. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Come What May (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity).

Following Portable Sounds were: 2. In the Hands of God by Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); 3. Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity); 4. A Cross the Earth: Tear Down the Walls by Hillsong United (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); 5. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. This Moment: Cinderella Edition by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 7. Best Night of Our Lives by Everyday Sunday (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); 8. The Best of Larry Ford by Larry Ford (Gaither Music Group/ EMI CMG); 9. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); and 10. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (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.