Casting Crowns, 'Dawn Treader' atop SoundScan

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 18 April 2011 02:39 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 April 10, while The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity) replaced The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (Five & Two Pictures/Christiano Film Group/Bridgestone Multimedia Group) for the top spot on the Christian Videos list.

Following Until the Whole World Hears were: 2. Hundred More Years by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word Distribution); 3. The Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. Hello Fear by Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 5. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG Distribution); 6. What If We Were Real by Mandisa (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 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 Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry; 3. 'Twas the Night Before Easter, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. The Best of David Phelps by David Phelps (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 6. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 7. Lord of the Beans, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 8. Majesty by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 9. Alaskan Homecoming by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and 10. Like Dandelion Dust (Twentieth Century Fox 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.