'Minnesota Cuke,' Jason Crabb tops SoundScan charts Print
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 13 July 2009 11:18 AM America/New_York
Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush

(Big Idea/Word Distribution) supplanted The Climb (World Wide Pictures/Wesscott Marketing) atop the SoundScan Christian Videos list for sales the week ending July 5, while Jason Crabb's self-titled debut album (Spring Hill Music Group/EMI CMG Distribution) replaced Toby Mac's Portable Sounds (ForeFront Records/EMI CMG) for the top spot of the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.

After Search for Samson's Hairbrush, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. The Best of The Crabb Family by The Crabb Family (Spring Hill Music Group/EMI CMG); 3. The Climb; 4. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 5. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. Faith Like Potatoes (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 7. The Retrievers (GT Media/EMI CMG); 8. Hermie the Common Caterpillar, Hermie & Friends (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 9. Left Behind Trilogy, DVD Collection (Cloud Ten Pictures/E1 Entertainment Distribution); and 10. The Second Chance (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity).

Following Jason Crabb were: 2. Portable Sounds; 3. Gospel Truth Presents Gospel Mix Vol. III by various artists (Worldwide Music/E1 Entertainment Distribution); 4. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. A Cross the Earth: Tear Down the Walls by Hillsong United (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); 6. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 7. Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity); 8. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 9. In the Hands of God by Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); and 10. Ending Is Beginning by Downhere (Centricity 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.