Christian Retailing

MercyMe, VeggieTales top SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Thursday, 17 September 2009 03:05 PM America/New_York
All That is Within Me by MercyMe (INO Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) supplanted Awake by Skillet (Atlantic Records/Ardent Records/INO Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) atop the SoundScan's Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Sept. 6, while Lyle the Kindly Viking, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution) replaced Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella (Big Idea/Word) atop the Christian Videos list.

Following All That is Within Me were: 2. Awake; 3. Stockholm Syndrome by Derek Webb (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. You Deliver Me by Selah (Curb Records/Word); 5. Casting Crowns by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. Portable Sounds by Toby Mac (ForeFront Records/EMI CMG); 7. Fearless by Phillips, Craig & Dean (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Faith+Hope+Love by Hillsong (Hillsong Music/Provident-Integrity); 9. Come Alive by Mark Schultz (Word Records/Word); and 10. The Outsiders by Needtobreathe (Atlantic Records/Word).

After Lyle the Kindly Viking, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Gigi's First Day of School, "Gigi, God's Little Princess" series (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 3. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella; 4. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (Big Idea/Word); 7. Chicken Soup For The Soul: For The Christian Soul (First Look Studios/First Look Home Entertainment); 8. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 9. Joy In My Heart by Bill Gaither & The Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and 10. Nashville Homecoming by Bill Gaither & The Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG).

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.