‘Hello Love,’ ‘Flywheel’ atop SoundScan

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 02 August 2010 03:04 PM America/New_York

Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution) replaced the Newsboys' Born Again (Inpop Records/EMI CMG) atop the SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending July 25, while Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop the Christian Videos list.

Following Hello Love were: 2. Born Again; 3. Graduation: The Best of PureNRG by PureNRG (Fervent Records/Word Distribution); 4. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 5. Passion: Awakening by various artists/Passion Band (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 6. Tonight by TobyMac (Forefront Records/EMI CMG); 7. Until the Whole World Hears by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. The Generous Mr. Lovewell by MercyMe (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. The Light Meets the Dark by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Pieces of a Real Heart by Sanctus Real (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG).

After Flywheel , the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Rack, Shack & Benny, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 3. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (Universal Music Christian Group/Vivendi Entertainment/EMI CMG); 4. Black Beauty (Warner Home Video/Word); 5. The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 6. The Wager (Pure Flix Entertainment/Genius Products/EMI CMG); 7. The Flo Show Creates a Buzz, Max Lucado's Hermie & Friends (Tommy Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 8. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 9. The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (Five & Two Pictures/Christiano Film Group/Bridgestone Multimedia Group); and 10. Pistachio: The Little Boy That Woodn't, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word).

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.