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Kari Jobe, ‘Case for Christ’ remain atop SoundScan Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 24 January 2011 02:20 PM America/New_York
Kari Jobe

by Kari Jobe (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop the SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Jan. 16, while Lee Strobel's The Case for Christ (Thomas Nelson) continued to hold the top spot on the Christian Videos list.

Following Kari Jobe were: 2. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG Distribution); 3. Rehab by LeCrae (Reach Records/Central South Distribution/Infinity Music Distribution); 4. Wow Hits 2011 (Wow/EMI CMG); 5. Mountains Move by Kristian Stanfill (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 6. And If Our God Is For Us... by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 7. Church Music by David Crowder Band (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 8. We All Are One: Live in Detroit by Donnie McClurkin (Verity Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word Distribution); and 10. Move by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity).

After The Case for Christ, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 3. Walk the Walk: 1 & 2 Mile, Leslie Sansone (GT Media/EMI CMG); 4. Walk the Walk: Firm Walk, Leslie Sansone (GT Media/EMI CMG); 5. Holiday Pack, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 6. Silly Little Thing Called Love, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 7. He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley (Coming Home Music/EMI CMG); 8. A Tribute to The Cathedral Quartet by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 9. Saint Nicholas—A Story of Joyful Giving, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); and 10. VeggieTales: The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's (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.