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Crowns, ‘Ultimate Gift’ top SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 09 November 2009 03:12 PM America/New_York
Peace on Earth by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) supplanted Wow Hits 2010 by various artists (Word Records/Word Distribution) atop the SoundScan's Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Nov. 1, while The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word) replaced One Night With the King (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word) for the top spot of the Christian Videos list.

Following Peace on Earth and Wow Hits 2010 were: 3. Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. Awake by Skillet (Atlantic/Ardent/INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. Church Music by David Crowder Band (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 6. It Is Well by Kutless (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 7. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Faithful to Believe by Byron Cage (Verity Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Still by BeBe and CeCe Winans (B&C Records/Malaco Records); and 10. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity).

After The Ultimate Gift and One Night With the King, the best-selling DVDs were: 3. God Made You Special, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. Saint Nicholas-A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 5. Dave and the Giant Pickle, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 6. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 7. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 8. The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado (Tommy Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 9. A Fruitcake Christmas, Hermie & Friends (Tommy Nelson/Thomas Nelson); and 10. Read and Share DVD Bible Volume 4 by Gwen Ellis (Tommy Nelson/Thomas Nelson).

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.