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‘Noah’s Umbrella,’ Casting Crowns top SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 10 August 2009 02:02 PM America/New_York
Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella (Big Idea/Word Distribution) displaced The Retrievers (GT Media/EMI CMG Distribution) at No. 1 on the SoundScan Christian Videos list for sales the week ending Aug. 2, while Casting Crowns' self-titled disc (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.

After Noah's Umbrella, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. The Retrievers; 3. 3-2-1 Penguins! Save the Planets! (Big Idea/Word); 4. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. Faith Like Potatoes (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 7. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush (Big Idea/Word); 8. Fall on Me by Lee Williams & the Spiritual QC's (MCG Records/Malaco Music Group); 9. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); and 10. VeggieTales: Abe and the Amazing Promise (Big Idea/Word).

Following Casting Crowns were: 2. Earnest Pugh Live: Rain On Us by Earnest Pugh (EPM Music Group/Black Smoke Music Worldwide/E1 Entertainment Distribution); 3. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. Portable Sounds by Toby Mac (ForeFront Records/EMI CMG); 5. 10 by MercyMe (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 8. This Moment: Cinderella Edition by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 9. Fireproof Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Reunion 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.