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Israel Houghton, 'Fireproof' top SoundScan charts Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 06 April 2009 02:45 PM America/New_York
altGRAMMY Award-winning artist Israel Houghton's The Power of One (Integrity Music/Columbia Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution) supplanted God of This City by Bluetree (Lucid Artist/Lucid Artist) for the top spot on the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending March 28, while Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity) remained atop the SoundScan Christian Videos list.

Following The Power of One were: 2. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 3. Change by Creflo Dollar & Heart of God (Universal Music Christian Group/EMI CMG); 4. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. God of This City; 6. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word Distribution); 7. Freedom by Mandisa (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 8. Speaking Louder Than Before by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 9. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity).

After Fireproof, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. VeggieTales: An Easter Carol (Big Idea Productions/Word); 3. Tree of Life, Really Woolly (Flying Rhinoceros/DaySpring); 4. This Ain't Prettyville by Chonda Pierce (No Whining Productions/Provident-Integrity); 5. VeggieTales: Abe and the Amazing Promise (Big Idea/Word); 6. The Second Chance (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); 7. I'm Free (Hosted By Gloria Gaither) by Lynda Randle (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 8. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Come What May (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Flywheel (Provident Films/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.