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'The Pistol' tops SoundScan Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Thursday, 30 June 2011 02:48 PM America/New_York
The Outsiders

by Needtobreathe (Atlantic Records/Word Distribution) remained atop SoundScan's Christian/gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending June 26, while The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend (Campbell-Stone Media/Amazing Media/Inspirational Entertainment/Word) continued to hold the top spot of the Christian Videos list.

Following The Outsiders were: 2. On Fire by Peter Furler (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG Distribution); 3. Blessings by Laura Story (Fair Trade Services/INO Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 4. New Day by The Martins (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 5. Dream With Me by Jackie Evancho (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); 6. The Best of the Martins by The Martins (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 7. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); 8. V3...Just James by J Moss (Gospo Centric/Provident-Integrity); 9. Hundred More Years by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word); and 10. Aftermath by Hillsong United (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG).

After The Pistol, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 3. The Best of the Martins by The Martins (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 4. Steve Harvey: Don't Trip... He Ain't Through With Me Yet! (Universal Music Christian Group/EMI CMG); 5. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (Anchor Bay Entertainment/EMI CMG); 6. The Book of Ruth (Pure Flix Entertainment/EMI CMG); 7. Veggie Classics Triple Feature, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 8. Amish Grace (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 9. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Provident-Integrity); 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.