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Third Day, ‘Fireproof’ atop SoundScan Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 01 November 2010 02:38 PM America/New_York

Move by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) supplanted Wow Hits 2011 (Wow/EMI CMG Distribution) at the top of SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Oct. 24, while Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity) remained atop the Christian Videos list.

Following Move were: 2. Wow Hits 2011; 3. It's a Wonderful Christmas by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. Wonder by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. Help Haiti for Christian Store Day promotion CD (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 6. The Story of Your Life by Matthew West (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 7. We Cry Out: The Worship Project by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 8. Tonight by TobyMac (Forefront Records/EMI CMG); 9. Pieces of a Real Heart by Sanctus Real (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); and 10. Thirsty by Marvin Sapp (Verity Records/Provident-Integrity).

After Fireproof, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Abe and the Amazing Promise, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 3. It's a Meaningful Life, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. The Christmas Blessing (GT Media/EMI CMG); 5. Pistachio: The Little Boy That Woodn't, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 6. Giving Thanks by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 7. Count Your Blessings by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 8. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 9. Sweetpea Beauty: A Girl After God's Own Heart (Big Idea/Word); and 10. Born to Worship, "The Praise Baby Collection" (Big House Kids/Provident-Integrity).

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.