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NewSong tops SoundScan Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Thursday, 02 June 2011 02:50 PM America/New_York
One True God

by NewSong (HHM Records/EMI CMG Distribution) replaced A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) atop the SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending May 22, 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 One True God were: 2. A New Hallelujah; 3. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); 4. Hundred More Years by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); 5. Blessings by Laura Story (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. Horseshoes & Handgrenades by Disciple (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Move by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 8. What If We Were Real by Mandisa (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 9. More Passion by Juanita Bynum (Flow Records/Central South Distribution/Infinity Music Distribution); and 10. Until the Whole World Hears by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity).

After Lions, Shepherds and Queens, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 3. Sweetpea: A Girl After God's Own Heart, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 4. The Book of Ruth (Pure Flix Entertainment); 5. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (Anchor Bay Entertainment/EMI CMG); 6. Believe in Me (GT Media/EMI CMG); 7. The Best of Buddy Greene by Buddy Greene (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 8. Gideon: Tuba Warrior, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 9. Veggie Classics Triple Feature, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); and 10. Lyle the Kindly Viking, 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.