Crowns, 'Perfect Stranger' atop SoundScan charts Print
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Monday, 11 January 2010 01:24 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 Jan. 3, while Perfect Stranger and Another Perfect Stranger: The Director's Double Feature (Kelly's Filmworks/EMI CMG Distribution) replaced The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word Distribution) atop the Christian Videos list.

Following Until the While World Hears were: 2. Wow Hits 2010 by various artists (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 3. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 4. Peace on Earth; 5. It Is Well by Kutless (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 6. Church Music by David Crowder Band (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 7. Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 8. Awake by Skillet (Atlantic/Ardent/INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Hello Hurricane by Switchfoot (Credential Recordings/EMI CMG); and 10. Beauty Will Rise by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG).

After Perfect Stranger and Another Perfect Stranger, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. The Ultimate Gift; 3. Saint Nicholas-A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. Lord of the Beans, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 6. Walk the Walk: 2 Complete Workouts, Leslie Sansone (GT Media/EMI CMG); 7. Walk the Walk: Firm Walk, Leslie Sansone (GT Media/EMI CMG); 8. The Christmas Blessing (GT Media/EMI CMG); 9. Christmas Shoes (GT Media/EMI CMG); and 10. Christmas Child (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.