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

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 24 August 2009 02:43 PM America/New_York

Casting Crowns' self-titled disc (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop the SoundScan Christian Videos list for sales the week ending Aug. 16, while Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella (Big Idea/Word Distribution) stayed at No. 1 on the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.

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. Faith Like Potatoes (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 6. He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley (Coming Home Music/EMI CMG); 7. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 8. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush (Big Idea/Word); 9. How Great Is Our God?, Louie Giglio (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); and Country Bluegrass Homecoming Volume One by Bill Gaither & The Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG).

Following Casting Crowns were: 2. The Lost Get Found by Britt Nicole (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 3. Fearless by Phillips, Craig & Dean (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 5. Portable Sounds by Toby Mac (ForeFront Records/EMI CMG); 6. Faith+Hope+Love by Hillsong (Hillsong Music/Provident-Integrity); 7. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. This Moment: Cinderella Edition by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 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.