‘The Climb,’ Toby Mac stay atop SoundScan charts

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 06 July 2009 02:23 PM America/New_York

The Climb (World Wide Pictures/Wesscott Marketing) remained atop the SoundScan Christian Videos list for sales the week ending June 28, while Toby Mac's Portable Sounds (ForeFront Records/EMI CMG Distribution) stayed in the top spot of the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.

After The Climb the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 3. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 4. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. Faith Like Potatoes (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 6. Left Behind Trilogy, DVD Collection (Cloud Ten Pictures/E1 Entertainment Distribution); 7. Come What May (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 8. Hermie the Common Caterpillar, Hermie & Friends (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 9. The Retrievers (GT Media/EMI CMG); and 10. Stayin' Alive ... Laughing! by Chonda Pierce (No Whining Productions/Provident-Integrity).

Following Portable Sounds were: 2. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 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. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 6. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 8. Kari Jobe by Kari Jobe (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); 9. In the Hands of God by Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); and 10. While I'm Waiting by John Waller (Beach Street 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.