Crowns, 'Ultimate Gift' atop SoundScan charts

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 30 November 2009 02:38 PM America/New_York

Until the While World Hears by Casting Crowns supplanted the band's own Peace on Earth (both Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) for the top spot of the SoundScan's Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Nov. 22, while The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word Distribution) remained atop the Christian Videos list.

Following Until the While World Hears and Peace on Earth were: 3. Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. Heaven and Earth by Phil Wickham (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. Wow Hits 2010 by various artists (Word Records/Word); 6. Beauty Will Rise by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 7. This Moment: Cinderella Edition by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 8. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 9. Casting Crowns by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. You Deliver Me by Selah (Curb Records/Word).

After The Ultimate Gift, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Saint Nicholas--A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 3. God Made You Special, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. Christmas Child (GT Media/EMI CMG); 6. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 7. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 8. VeggieTales Holiday Pack, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 9. Love Finds a Home (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); and 10. The Christmas Shoes (GT Media/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.