‘Saint Nicholas,’ ‘Wow Hits’ top SoundScan charts

Written by Eric Tiansay

Thursday, 22 October 2009 02:41 PM America/New_York

Saint Nicholas-A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution) supplanted One Night With the King (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word) for the top spot of SoundScan's Christian Videos list for sales the week ending Oct. 11, while Wow Hits 2010 by various artists (Word Records/Word) replaced Church Music by David Crowder Band (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG Distribution) atop the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart.

After Saint Nicholas, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. One Night With the King; 3. How Great Is Our God, Louie Giglio (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 4. Skeeter and the Mystery of the Lost Mosquito Treasure: It's About Being Unique, Hermie & Friends (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 5. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 6. Together by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 7. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 8. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 9. Heart of Passion, Louie Giglio (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); and 10. Joy In My Heart by Bill Gaither & The Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG).

Following Wow Hits 2010 were: 2. Forget and Not Slow Down by Relient K (Capitol Records/Gotee Records/Word); 3. Crowder's Church Music; 4. Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 5. Awake by Skillet (Atlantic/Ardent/INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. Building 429 by Building 429 (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Hope Rising by Fee (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Fearless by Phillips, Craig & Dean (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Every Light That Shines at Christmas by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and 10. Kari Jobe by Kari Jobe (Integrity Music/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.