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‘Facing the Giants,’ PureNRG top SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 27 July 2009 03:25 PM America/New_York
Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution) 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 July 19, while PureNRG's The Real Thing (Fervent Records/Word) replaced Toby Mac's Portable Sounds (ForeFront Records/EMI CMG Distribution) atop the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.

After Facing the Giants, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. The Retrievers (GT Media/EMI CMG); 3. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 4. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush ; 5. Faith Like Potatoes (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 6. 3-2-1 Penguins! Save the Planets! (Big Idea/Word); 7. The Climb (World Wide Pictures/Wesscott Marketing); 8. The Best of Larry Ford by Larry Ford (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 9. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); and 10. The Second Chance (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity).

Following The Real Thing were: 2. Portable Sounds; 3. Casting Crowns by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. Gospel Truth Presents Gospel Mix Vol. III by various artists (Worldwide Music/E1 Entertainment Distribution); 6. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Fireproof Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 9. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); and 10. Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/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.