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‘My Paper Heart,’ ‘Sweetpea’ still atop SoundScan Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 16 August 2010 03:01 PM America/New_York
Francesca Battistelli's My Paper Heart (Fervent Records/Word Distribution) remained atop the SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Aug. 11, while new VeggieTales release Sweetpea Beauty: A Girl After God's Own Heart (Big Idea/Word Distribution) continued to hold the top spot of the Christian Videos list.

Following My Paper Heart were: 2. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); 3. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 4. The Generous Mr. Lovewell by MercyMe (INO Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 5. The Light Meets the Dark by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. Audience of One by Heather Headley (EMI Gospel/EMI CMG); 7. Until the Whole World Hears by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Tonight by TobyMac (Forefront Records/EMI CMG); 9. A Beautiful Exchange by Hillsong Live (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); and 10. Passion: Awakening by various artists/Passion Band (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG).

After Sweetpea Beauty, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. To Save a Life (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 3. Rack, Shack & Benny, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (Universal Music Christian Group/Vivendi Entertainment/EMI CMG); 5. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. Pistachio: The Little Boy That Woodn't, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 7. The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 8. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 9. The Best of The Hoppers by The Hoppers (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and 10. The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (Five & Two Pictures/Christiano Film Group/Bridgestone Multimedia Group).

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.