Third Day release debuts atop SoundScan chart Print
Sunday, 10 August 2008 08:00 PM America/New_York

Third Day's Revelation (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity) debuted at the top of SoundScan's Christian/Gospel music Christian retail chart for sales the week ending Aug. 3, while the latest VeggieTales release continued to be the top-selling DVD in the Christian Videos chart.

Released July 29, the group's 10th studio album was followed by: 2. Greatest Hymns by Selah (Curb Records/Word Distribution); 3. All That Is Within Me by MercyMe (INO Records/Provident-Integrity); 4. The Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. Relentless by Natalie Grant (Curb Records/Word); 6. How Can We Be Silent by BarlowGirl (Inpop Records/EMI CMG Distribution); 7. To Know That You're Alive by Kutless (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 8. The Cathedrals: A Farewell Celebration by The Cathedrals (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 9. Wow Hits 1 by various artists (Wow Gospel/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Rock What You Got by Superchick (Inpop Records/EMI CMG).

After Tomato Sawyer & Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue (Big Idea/Word), the rest of the leading video sellers were: 2. Hermie and Wormie's Nutty Adventure (Thomas Nelson/Thomas Nelson); 3. The Best of Bananas Comedy Bunch V (Guardian Studios/EMI CMG); 4. The Cathedrals: A Farewell Celebration (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 5. LarryBoy and the Bad Apple (Big Idea/Word); 6. Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (Big Idea/Word); 7. How Great Is Our God by Louie Giglio (sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 8. Singalong Songs and More (Big Idea/Word); 9. Indescribable by Louie Giglio (sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); and 10. Love's Enduring Promise (Fox Faith/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.