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Maranatha! Music’s Successful Top 25 Series Releases
2009-08-05

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August 4, 2009
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Maranatha! Music’s Successful Top 25 Series Releases
Top 25 Christmas Songs September 22
Bring home the sounds of the holidays with this collection of Christmas favorites

Los Angeles, CA, (August 4, 2009) – Maranatha! Music releases Top 25 Christmas Songs September 22, expanding their chart-topping Top 25 series. The double disc collection offers a range of holiday favorites, such as “O Holy Night,” “Go Tell It On The Mountain” and “Carol Of The Bells.”

Since 1999, the Top 25 collection has been a cornerstone of Marantha! Music’s product portfolio. The 2009 edition reached a prodigious top 3 position at its peak on the Soundscan charts with a nationwide support of retailers. Since its May 20th release date, the title has consistently landed in the Top Ten of Soundscan’s Praise and Worship charts for an impressive 62 weeks. The Top 25 series reflects the most popular worship songs of the year as determined by CCLI’s 170,000 churches in North America and has sold more than 1.5 million copies life-to-date.

TRACK LISTING
Disc: 1
1. O Holy Night
2. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
3. Come All Ye Faithful
4. Good Christian Men Rejoice
5. Away In A Manger
6. Come, O Come, Emmanuel
7. Hark The Herald Angels Sing
8. Coventry Carol
9. Silent Night, Holy Night
10. Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
11. The First Noel
12. What Child Is This

Disc: 2
1. Go Tell It On The Mountain
2. Angels From The Realms Of Glory
3. I Saw Three Ships
4. Joy To The World
5. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
6. Angels We Have Heard On High
7. Carol Of The Bells
8. Bring A Torch
9. While By The Sheep We Watched
10. Jingle Bells
11. Lo, How A Rose E’re Blooming