Smith, 'Lions, Shepherds & Queens' atop SoundScan

Written by Eric Tiansay

Thursday, 12 May 2011 03:03 PM America/New_York

A New Hallelujah

by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) replaced Until the Whole World Hears by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity) atop SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending May 1, while Heroes of the Bible: Lions, Shepherds and Queens, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution) took over for 'Twas the Night Before Easter, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word) for the top spot on the Christian Videos list.

Following A New Hallelujah were: 2. Live Out Loud by Preashea Hilliard (Blacksmoke Music Worldwide); 3. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. Make It Loud by Martha Munizzi (Martha Munizzi Music/Central South Distribution/Infinity Music Distribution); 5. Hundred More Years by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 6. What If We Were Real by Mandisa (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 7. More Passion by Juanita Bynum (Flow Records); 8. Hello Fear by Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 9. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); and 10. Until the Whole World Hears.

After Heroes of the Bible: Lions, Shepherds and Queens, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 4. The Courage to Love (GT Media/EMI CMG); 5. The Best of David Phelps by David Phelps (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 6. 'Twas the Night Before Easter; 7. Israel Homecoming by Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 8. Like Dandelion Dust (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 9. What if... (PureFlix Entertainment); and 10. The Ten Commandments (Paramount Home Entertainment/Word Distribution).

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.