Crowns, 'Ultimate Gift' atop SoundScan charts Print
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 14 December 2009 03:06 PM America/New_York
Peace on Earth by Casting Crowns supplanted the band's own Until the While World Hears (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 Dec. 6, while The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word Distribution) replaced Saint Nicholas-A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word) atop the Christian Videos list.

Following Peace on Earth and Until the While World Hears were: 3. Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. Wow Hits 2010 by various artists (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 5. Beauty Will Rise by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 6. Awake by Skillet (Atlantic/Ardent/INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Timeless: The Selah Collection by Selah (Curb Records/Word); 8. Hello Hurricane by Switchfoot (Credential Recordings/EMI CMG); 9. Christmas With Bill and Gloria Gaither (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and 10. Church Music by David Crowder Band (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG).

After The Ultimate Gift and Saint Nicholas, the best-selling DVDs were: 3. God Made You Special, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. The Christmas Shoes (GT Media/EMI CMG); 5. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 7. The Christmas Blessing (GT Media/EMI CMG); 8. Christmas Child (GT Media/EMI CMG); 9. The Christmas Choir (GT Media/EMI CMG); and 10. A Fruitcake Christmas, Hermie & Friends (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.