Christian Album Sales – Week of 1/17/12
January 27, 2012 Leave a comment
Gospel singer James Fortune & Fiya debuted at #7 last week. I’m not familiar with them but it’s supposed to be Fortune’s best debut to date. The final album from the David Crowder Band dropped off a bit in its second week but should stay on the chart for awhile. There were a few other albums suddenly reappearing on the chart this week that may have been related to promotions or re-releases or something. The Courageous soundtrack probably sold more due to the DVD releasing last week.
| Artist | Album | Rk | This Week | Total | Real Total | MS% |
| James Fortune & Fiya | Identity | 7 | 17823 | 13361 | 15838 | 75.0% |
| Various | Joyful Noise | 12 | 16600 | 29816 | 30124 | 99.0% |
| David Crowder Band | Give Us Rest | 20 | 12342 | 37927 | 63037 | 60.2% |
| Casting Crowns | Come To The Well | 60 | 6558 | 147205 | 339,841 | 43.3% |
| Third Day | Move | 70 | 5791 | 138357 | ||
| Various | Wow Hits 2012 | 78 | 5066 | 66156 | 180,325+ | 30.6% |
| Various | Courageous | 87 | 4865 | 10074 | 26752+ | |
| Skillet | Awake | 123 | 3982 | 685250 | 690,764+ | 90.3% |
| Chris Tomlin | How Great Is Our God | 129 | 3724 | 43999 | 107,459 | 41.0% |
| Susan Boyle | Someone To Watch Over Me | 131 | 3701 | 494819 | 502,423 | 98.5% |
| Newsboys | God’s Not Dead | 155 | 3242 | 19020 | 54449 | 35.0% |
| Newsong | One True God | 194 | 2694 | 1513 | 2824+ | 53.6% |
(For whatever reason, Soundscan includes sales from Christian outlets in their weekly totals that determine the Billboard 200 chart positions, but they don’t include them in their reported totals. So I just add up all the weekly totals and compare them to the reported totals to see how many sales are missing from Christian outlets.)
