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Bluetree, 'Fireproof' top SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 09 March 2009 03:19 PM America/New_York

altGod of This City by Bluetree (Lucid Artist/Lucid Artist) climbed atop the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending March 1, supplanting Wow Hits 2009 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity Distribution), while Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity) remained in the top spot of the SoundScan Christian Videos list.

Following God of This City were: 2. Wow Hits 2009; 3. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. Speaking Louder Than Before by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 6. Innocence & Instinct by Red (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 7. Kari Jobe by Kari Jobe (Integrity Music/Provident-Integrity); 8. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word Distribution); 9. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. The Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity).

After Fireproof, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Though None Go With Me (GT Media/EMI CMG); 3. VeggieTales: Abe and the Amazing Promise (Big Idea/Word); 4. The Second Chance (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 5. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 6. Facing the Giants (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 7. Gaither Vocal Band Reunion Volume One (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 8. Church in the Wildwood by Bill & Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 9. How Great Is Our God?, Louie Giglio (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); and 10. Hymns by Bill & Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG).

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.