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'Wow Hits 2011', 'Fireproof' atop SoundScan Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 25 October 2010 03:20 PM America/New_York
Wow Hits 2011 (Wow/EMI CMG Distribution) remained atop the top SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Oct. 17, while Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution) supplanted the new VeggieTales release It's A Meaningful Life (Big Idea/Word Distribution) for the top spot on the Christian Videos list.

Following Wow Hits 2011 were: 2. It's a Wonderful Christmas by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 3. Wonder by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. Thirsty by Marvin Sapp (Verity Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. Love God. Love People. by Israel Houghton (Integrity Music/Columbia Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. Tonight by TobyMac (Forefront Records/EMI CMG); 7. The Story of Your Life by Matthew West (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 8. We Cry Out: The Worship Project by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 9. Pieces of a Real Heart by Sanctus Real (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); and 10. Rehab by LeCrae (Reach Records/Central South Distribution).

After Fireproof, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Abe and the Amazing Promise, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 3. It's A Meaningful Life; 4. The Christmas Blessing (GT Media/EMI CMG); 5. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. Sweetpea Beauty: A Girl After God's Own Heart (Big Idea/Word); 7. Count Your Blessings by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 8. Giving Thanks by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 9. Letters to God (Possibility Pictures/Vivendi Entertainment/EMI CMG); and 10. Amish Grace (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/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.