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Michael W. Smith, ‘Fireproof’ atop SoundScan Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 13 December 2010 02:40 PM America/New_York
It's a Wonderful Christmas

by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) replaced And If Our God Is For Us... by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution) for the top spot of the SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Dec. 5, while Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity) remained atop the Christian Videos list.

Following It's a Wonderful Christmas were: 2. The Gift by Susan Boyle (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); 3. And If Our God Is For Us...; 4. Wow Hits 2011 (Wow/EMI CMG); 5. Move by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. O Holy Night by Jackie Evancho (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); 7. Peace on Earth by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Tonight by TobyMac (Forefront Records/EMI CMG); 9. Wonder by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Share the Wonder by various artists (Lucid Artist/Lucid Artist).

After Fireproof, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 3. It's a Meaningful Life, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. The Christmas Blessing (GT Media/EMI CMG); 5. Saint Nicholas—A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 6. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 7. The Blind Side (Warner Home Video/Word/Spring Arbor Distributors); 8. Sweetpea Beauty: A Girl After God's Own Heart (Big Idea/Word); 9. Christmas Shoes (GT Media/EMI CMG); and 10. The Book of Ruth (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.