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Kari Jobe, ‘Case for Christ’ still atop SoundScan Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Thursday, 03 February 2011 03:24 PM America/New_York
Kari Jobe

by Kari Jobe (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity Distribution) continued to hold the top spot on the SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Jan. 23, while Lee Strobel's The Case for Christ (Thomas Nelson) remained atop the Christian Videos list.

Following Kari Jobe were: 2. Leaving Eden by Brandon Heath (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 3. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. Wow Hits 2011 (Wow/EMI CMG); 5. And If Our God Is For Us... by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 6. We All Are One: Live in Detroit by Donnie McClurkin (Verity Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Church Music by David Crowder Band (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 8. We Give You Praise by Dr Noah Nicholson II and The Family Worship Center Celebration Choir (Barrow Music Group/Central South Distribution); 9. A Tribute to The Cathedral Quartet by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and 10. Rehab by LeCrae (Reach Records/Central South Distribution/Infinity Music Distribution).

After The Case for Christ, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 3. A Tribute to The Cathedral Quartet by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 4. VeggieTales Christmas Sing-Along Songs, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 5. The Gift of Christmas, Really Woolly (Flying Rhinoceros/DaySpring); 6. Holiday Double Feature, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 7. Silly Little Thing Called Love, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 8. A Tribute to Howard & Vestal Goodman by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 9. Walk the Walk: Firm Walk, Leslie Sansone (GT Media/EMI CMG); and 10. Holiday Pack, VeggieTales (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.