Chris Rice's Debut "Memories" Fits in Top 10

By John Ma

Following eight days of promotional visits, Rocketown recording artist Chris Rice debuted this week on SoundScan's Christian retail chart at No. 6 and on the combined chart at No. 10 with his first best of CD, Short Term Memories.

The 17-song collection contains four new tracks: two new recordings of previous releases (a live version of "Clumsy" and an acoustic "Untitled Hymn") and two previously unreleased songs ("Go Light Your World," a song Kathy Troccoli covered 10 years ago, and "Mama Prays").

Rice spent the last week traveling to Houston, Cleveland, Chicago, Birmingham and Minneapolis, among others, before concluding with a stop in his hometown of Nashville. Yesterday, Rice and labelmate Ginny Owens performed in front of nearly 3,000 fans who weathered an hour-long rain delay to hear the artists perform at a WAY-FM Brown Bag at the People's Church in Franklin, Tennessee.

Rice's current single, "Go Light Your World," is new and active at both AC and Inspirational formats.

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