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Casting Crowns, 'Sperry' still atop SoundScan Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 04 April 2011 03:00 PM America/New_York
Until the Whole World Hears

by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop the SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending March 27, while The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (Five & Two Pictures/Christiano Film Group/Bridgestone Multimedia Group) still held the top spot on the Christian Videos list.

Following Until the Whole World Hears were: 2. Hello Fear by Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 3. The Best of David Phelps by David Phelps (Gaither Music Group/Word Distribution); 4. Hundred More Years by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 5. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG Distribution); 6. The Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Move by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. Freedom by Mandisa (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 9. And If Our God Is For Us... by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); and 10. Wow #1s (Word Records/Word).

After The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. The Best of David Phelps by David Phelps (Gaither Music Group/Word); 3. 'Twas the Night Before Easter, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 6. Lord of the Beans, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 7. Majesty by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 8. Alaskan Homecoming by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 9. An Easter Carol, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); and 10. To Save a Life (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/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.