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Crowns, 'Ultimate Gift' still atop SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 16 November 2009 02:51 PM America/New_York
Peace on Earth by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop the SoundScan's Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Nov. 8, while The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word) still held the top spot of the Christian Videos list.

Following Peace on Earth were: 2. Wow Hits 2010 by various artists (Word Records/Word Distribution); 3. Beauty Will Rise by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 5. Church Music by David Crowder Band (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 6. Everything Is Different by Shane & Shane (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); 7. It Is Well by Kutless (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 8. Awake by Skillet (Atlantic/Ardent/INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Reunited by Gaither Vocal Band (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and 10. You Deliver Me by Selah (Curb Records/Word).

After The Ultimate Gift, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. One Night With the King (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 3. Saint Nicholas-A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. God Made You Special, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 5. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. Christmas Child (GT Media/EMI CMG); 7. Faith Like Potatoes (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 8. A Fruitcake Christmas, Hermie & Friends (Tommy Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 9. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/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.