George Beverly Shea tribute tops chart |
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Sunday, 06 July 2008 08:00 PM America/New_York |
Then Sings My Soul (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG Distribution), a special tribute DVD to George Beverly Shea, the gospel vocalist known for singing at Billy Graham crusades, debuted as the top-selling video according to the latest SoundScan sales charts. Released June 24, Then Sings My Soul, which topped the list of sales ending the week of June 29, also gave a boost to Shea's How Sweet the Sound: My All-Time Favorites (Spring Hill Music Group/Word Distribution), which debuted at No. 3. in the Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart. Also released June 24, How Sweet the Sound was originally released in June 2004. Superchick headed the music category for the same period with Rock What You Got (Inpop Records/EMI CMG Distribution). The pop-rock band was followed by: 2. Beyond Measure (Jeremy Camp/BEC Recordings/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. To Know That You're Alive (Kutless/BEC Recordings/EMI CMG Distribution); 5. Relentless (Natalie Grant/Curb Records/Word Distribution); 6. Wow Hits 1 (Various/Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity); 7. This Moment (Steven Curtis Chapman/SparrowRecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 8. The Altar and the Door (Casting Crowns/Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 9. Alive and Transported (Toby Mac/Forefront Records/EMI CMG Distribution) and 10. Change the World (Martha Munizzi/Martha Munizzi Music/Central South Distribution). Rounding out the top 10 videos were: 2. Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 3. How Great Is Our God (Louie Giglio/Sparrow Records/sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 4. Lessons From the Sock Drawer: A Collection of Veggie Shorts and Briefs (Big Idea/Word Distribution); 5. Indescribable (Louie Giglio/Sparrow Records/sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 6. Love's Unfolding Dream (Fox Faith/Word Distribution); 7. Flywheel (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 8. The Wager (Genius Entertainment/EMI CMG Distribution); 9. LarryBoy and the Bad Apple (Big Idea/Word Distribution); and 10. Thirsty (Marvin Sapp/Verity Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution).
The listings for videos, drawn from a national sample of mainstream and Christian store sales, and for music sales solely at Christian stores, are produced for the Christian Music Trade Association by Nielsen SoundScan.
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