Christian Retailing

Gigi, MercyMe still top SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Thursday, 01 October 2009 01:54 PM America/New_York
Gigi's First Day of School from the "Gigi, God's Little Princess" series (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson) stayed atop the Christian Videos list for sales the week ending Sept. 20, while All That is Within Me by MercyMe (INO Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) continued at No. 1 on the SoundScan's Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.
After Gigi's First Day of School, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 3. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella (Big Idea/Word); 4. Rack, Shack & Benny, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 5. Lyle the Kindly Viking, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 6. Praises and Smiles, "The Praise Baby Collection" (Big House Kids/Provident-Integrity); 7. Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee, Hermie & Friends (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 8. Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (Big Idea/Word); 9. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Faith Like Potatoes (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity).

Following All That is Within Me were: 2. Awake (Atlantic/Ardent/INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 3. Casting Crowns by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. Portable Sounds by Toby Mac (ForeFront Records/EMI CMG); 5. You Deliver Me by Selah (Curb Records/Word); 6. Fearless by Phillips, Craig & Dean (INO Records/Provident-Integrity). 7. Love & War by BarlowGirl (Fervent Records/Word); 8. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 9. Welcome to the Masquerade by Thousand Foot Krutch (Tooth & Nail Records/EMI CMG); and 10. Reunited by Gaither Vocal Band (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.