Casting Crowns, ‘Noah’s Umbrella’ atop SoundScan charts

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 17 August 2009 02:21 PM America/New_York

Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella (Big Idea/Word Distribution) remained atop the SoundScan Christian Videos list for sales the week ending Aug. 9, while Casting Crowns' self-titled disc (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) stayed at No. 1 on the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.

Following Casting Crowns were: 2. Fearless by Phillips, Craig & Dean (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 3. Jason Crabb by Jason Crabb (Spring Hill Music Group/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. Faith+Hope+Love by Hillsong (Hillsong Music/Provident-Integrity); 5. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 7. This Moment: Cinderella Edition by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 8. Portable Sounds by Toby Mac (ForeFront Records/EMI CMG); 9. Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity); and 10. A Grand New Day by Women of Faith Worship Team (Myrrh Records/Word).

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