Christian Music Sales Steady as Overall Music Sales Decline

(Nashville, Tennessee-AP) -- The Christian Music Trade
Association reports sales of almost 50 (m) million Christian
albums during 2002 -- about the same number as the year before.
The association says Christian music retained its
popularity while sales of all other types of music declined more
than eight percent.
But some might question whether "O Brother, Where Art
Thou?" and other albums on the sales chart should be counted as
Christian music. The movie soundtrack is ranked as 2002's
top-selling Christian album, "Satellite" by P-O-D is ranked
second and Mannheim Steamroller's latest release is sixth.