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Smith, 'Lions, Shepherds & Queens' still atop SoundScan Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 16 May 2011 03:02 PM America/New_York
A New Hallelujah

by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) remained atop SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending May 8, while Heroes of the Bible: Lions, Shepherds and Queens, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word Distribution) still held the top spot on the Christian Videos list.

Following A New Hallelujah were: 2. Hundred More Years by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 3. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); 4. I'm Back by Lonnie Hunter (Worldwide Music/E1 Entertainment Distribution); 5. I Will Praise You by Rebecca St. James (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. Somewhere Down the Road by Amy Grant (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG Distribution); 7. See the Morning by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 8. More Passion by Juanita Bynum (Flow Records/Central South Distribution/Infinity Music Distribution); 9. What If We Were Real by Mandisa (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); and 10. Love Revolution by Natalie Grant (Curb Records/Word).

After Lions, Shepherds and Queens, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 3. The Best of David Phelps by David Phelps (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 4. The Courage to Love (GT Media/EMI CMG); 5. The Book of Ruth (Pure Flix Entertainment/EMI CMG); 6. Though None Go With Me (GT Media/EMI CMG); 7. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 8. 'Twas the Night Before Easter, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 9. The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (Five & Two Pictures/Christiano Film Group/Bridgestone Multimedia Group); and 10. Like Dandelion Dust (20th 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.