Top 20 Christian Albums - SoundScan 5/21/05

[bks]

With so many females debuting this week thought it might be interesting to post the Top 20 of Billboard's Christian Album chart:

SSCAN - Top 20 Christian Albums
New  1  GRANT*AMY  ROCK OF AGES  23469  999  57
1  2  VARIOUS  WOW # 1'S  16700  13  14802
2  3  VARIOUS  WOW HITS 2005  10886  25  8700
3  4  CASTING CROWNS  CASTING CROWNS  9871  16  8525
4  5  SWITCHFOOT  BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN  7720  -4  8008
7  6  BRICKMAN*JIM  GRACE  7211  27  5690
5  7  JARS OF CLAY  REDEMPTION SONGS  7183  7  6688
8  8  TOMLIN*CHRIS  ARRIVING  6634  22  5445
16  9  SMITH*MICHAEL W.  HEALING RAIN  5997  51  3971
6  10  PASSION WORSHIP BAND  HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD  5931  1  5878
9  11  RELIENT K  MMHMM  5757  12  5121
12  12  50 MOST LOVED HYMNS  50 MOST LOVED HYMNS  5752  23  4661
New  13  VELASQUEZ*JACI  BEAUTY HAS GRACE  5654  999  33
13  14  MERCY ME  UNDONE  5572  20  4654
10  15  CAMP*JEREMY  RESTORED  5552  10  5031
11  16  KUTLESS  STRONG TOWER  5011  5  4760
18  17  GRANT*NATALIE  AWAKEN  4669  22  3829
New  18  WILLIAMS*JOY  GENESIS  4599  999  20
19  19  NORFUL*SMOKIE  NOTHING WITHOUT YOU  4345  14  3806
14  20  ZOEGIRL  ROOM TO BREATHE  4309  -3  4433

[Matt4319]

Thanks. Heh, Switchfoot is still #5 after two years.

Do you have cumulative numbers for any of these albums?

[jimmy74747]

Matt4319 said:

Thanks.  Heh, Switchfoot is still #5 after two years.

Do you have cumulative numbers for any of these albums?

Soundscan usually f's up the totals for the Christian albums anyways. Probably why they are not here.

Casting Crowns are holding up ridiculously well.

Did Michael W. Smith also get the Idol bump since they gave him a plug on Wednesday?

[Matt4319]

This week:

85 GRANT*AMY ROCK OF AGES 11,745 -50 23,469 12,746 (? ? ?)
94 VARIOUS WOW # 1'S 10,438 -38 16,701 48,852
140 SWITCHFOOT BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN 6,741 -13 7,720 1,992,781
142 VARIOUS WOW HITS 2005 6,663 -39 10,886 346,324
149 CASTING CROWNS CASTING CROWNS 6,472 -34 9,872 383,531
190 JARS OF CLAY REDEMPTION SONGS 5,102 -29 7,183 30,234
191 SMITH*MICHAEL W. HEALING RAIN 5,071 -15 5,998 131,466

[jimmy74747]

admin said:

This week:

85 GRANT*AMY ROCK OF AGES 11,745 -50 23,469 12,746 (? ? ?)

Like I said, for some reason the overall totals don't include Christian retailers.

Casting Crowns have been certified platinum, which would probably add about 500,000 to their totals. I would guess Switchfoot would be the same, maybe a little less.