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MercyMe, ‘Flywheel’ remain atop SoundScan Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 14 June 2010 02:50 PM America/New_York

The Generous Mr. Lovewell by MercyMe (INO Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop the SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending June 9, while Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity) continued to hold the top spot of the Christian Videos list.

Following The Generous Mr. Lovewell were: 2. Fireflies and Songs by Sara Groves (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 3. The Light Meets the Dark by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. Tonight by TobyMac (Forefront Records/EMI CMG Distribution); 5. Wow Worship (Purple) by various artists (Word Records/Word Distribution); 6. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Wow Hits 2010 by various artists (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 8. Until the While World Hears by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Woman After God's Own Heart by Lynda Randle (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and 10. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word).

After Flywheel, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. The Flo Show Creates a Buzz, Max Lucado's Hermie & Friends (Tommy Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 3. The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 4. The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (Five & Two Pictures/Christiano Film Group/Bridgestone Multimedia Group); 5. The Wager (Pure Flix Entertainment/Genius Products/EMI CMG); 6. Pistachio: The Little Boy That Woodn't, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 7. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 8. The Gospel Music of The Statler Brothers, Vol. 1 by The Statler Brothers (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 9. The Gospel Music of The Statler Brothers, Vol. 2 by The Statler Brothers (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and 10. In the Blink of an Eye (Pure Flix Entertainment/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.