Christian Album Sales – Week of 2/21/12
March 2, 2012 Leave a comment
It’s pretty much all gospel and CCM artists on the chart right now. These genres are not my personal favorites but I am glad for their successes. No notable debuts made the Billboard 200 this week. Here is the selected summary:
| Artist | Album | Rk | This Week | Total | Real Total | MS% |
| Various | Wow Gospel 2012 | 60 | 8483 | 46083 | 54150 | 85.1% |
| Le’Andria Johnson | The Evolution of Le’Andria Johnson | 69 | 7303 | 14313 | 15088 | 94.9% |
| James Fortune & Fiya | Identity | 71 | 7166 | 44618 | 63902 | 69.8% |
| Fred Hammond | God, Love & Romance | 75 | 6582 | 41504 | 52860 | 78.5% |
| Casting Crowns | Come To The Well | 78 | 6462 | 165414 | 372894 | 44.4% |
| MercyMe | The Generous Mr. Lovewell | 82 | 6197 | 132608 | 146961 | |
| Skillet | Awake | 104 | 4923 | 705808 | 714137 | 89.7% |
| Various | Wow Hits 2012 | 106 | 4856 | 78824 | 206122 | 33.1% |
| Newsboys | God’s Not Dead | 107 | 4837 | 26763 | 76233 | 35.1% |
| Third Day | Move | 112 | 4785 | 142299 | 172204 | 11.6% |
| Kari Jobe | Where I Find You | 128 | 4278 | 28082 | 49403 | 56.9% |
| William McDowell | Arise | 155 | 3683 | 66753 | 71385 | 93.5% |
| Hillsong United | Live In Miami | 170 | 3410 | 8596 | 12178 | 70.6% |
| Chris Tomlin | How Great Is Our God | 174 | 3280 | 54101 | 125332 | 43.2% |
| Brian Courtney Wilson | So Proud | 182 | 3172 | 7313 | 19342 | 37.8% |
| Kirk Franklin | Hello Fear | 200 | 3023 | 421801 | 424163 |
(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.)
MercyMe’s unexplained reappearance continues strong, and Third Day’s may be starting to fade. Casting Crowns is approaching 400,000 in sales for their latest album, and Chris Tomlin has passed 125,000. Audrey Assad and David Crowder Band left the top 200 this week.
