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Jeremy Camp, 'Perfect Stranger' atop SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 18 January 2010 03:17 PM America/New_York
Speaking Louder Than Before by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG Distribution) supplanted Until the While World Hears by Casting Crowns (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. 10, while Perfect Stranger and Another Perfect Stranger: The Director's Double Feature (Kelly's Filmworks/EMI CMG Distribution) remained atop the Christian Videos list.

Following Speaking Louder Than Before were: 2. Until the While World Hears; 3. Wow Hits 2010 by various artists (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 4. Church Music by David Crowder Band (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 5. It Is Well by Kutless (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 6. Life Light Up by Christy Nockels (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 7. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 8. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word Distribution); 9. Beauty Will Rise by Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); and 10. Peace on Earth by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity).

After Perfect Stranger and Another Perfect Stranger, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 3. Lord of the Beans, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley (Coming Home Music/EMI CMG); 5. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. Saint Nicholas-A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 7. Walk the Walk: 2 Complete Workouts, Leslie Sansone (GT Media/EMI CMG); 8. Walk the Walk: Firm Walk, Leslie Sansone (GT Media/EMI CMG); 9. One Night With the King (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); and 10. Because He Lives by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/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.