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Chris Tomlin, ‘The Wager’ atop SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 29 March 2010 03:10 PM America/New_York
See the Morning by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution) supplanted Passion: Awakening by various artists/Passion Band (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG) for the top spot on SoundScan's Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending March 21, while The Wager (Pure Flix/Genius Products/EMI CMG) remained atop the Christian Videos list.

Following See the Morning were: 2. Here I Am by Marvin Sapp (Verity Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 3. Tonight by TobyMac (Forefront Records/EMI CMG); 4. Wow Worship (Purple) by various artists (Word Records/Word Distribution); 5. Until the While World Hears by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. Wow Hits 2010 by various artists (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 7. Awake by Skillet (Atlantic/Ardent/INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Throne Room by CeCe Winans (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Pieces of a Real Heart by Sanctus Real (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); and 10. Passion: Awakening.

After The Wager, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Pistachio: The Little Boy That Woodn't, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 3. Read and Share DVD Bible: The Jesus Series-Easter by Gwen Ellis (Tommy Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 4. An Easter Carol, VeggieTales (Big Idea Productions/Word); 5. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 6. Here I Am by Marvin Sapp (Verity Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 7. Heroes of the Bible! Vol. 3, VeggieTales (Big Idea Productions/Word); 8. The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 9. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution); and 10. The Miracle Worker (Lionsgate Home Entertainment/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.