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‘The Retrievers,’ Casting Crowns top SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Monday, 03 August 2009 01:01 PM America/New_York
The Retrievers

(GT Media/EMI CMG Distribution) displaces Facing the Giants at No. 1 on the SoundScan Christian Videos list for sales the week ending July 26, while Casting Crowns' self-titled disc (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) rose to the top of the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.

After The Retrievers, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. 3-2-1 Penguins! Save the Planets! (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 3. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 4. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. Faith Like Potatoes (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 6. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush (Big Idea/Word); 7. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 8. Homecoming Picnic by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 9. The Best of The Crabb Family by The Crabb Family (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and A Campfire Homecoming by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG).

Following were: 2. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 3. Fireproof Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 6. Portable Sounds by Toby Mac (ForeFront Records/EMI CMG); 7. Glory Revealed II by various artists (Reunion Records/ Provident-Integrity); 8. Kari Jobe by Kari Jobe (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); 9. The Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent 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.