Yet that's what happened to the monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz, a 12th-century Cistercian monastery near Vienna, whose CD of Gregorian chants has become a runaway hit.

The debut CD, Chant: Music for Paradise, was first released in Europe in May and spent 15 weeks at No. 1 on Britain's classical charts. The album made it to No. 7 on the country's pop charts.

The group’s new Gregorian chant CD debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s classical music chart last week (June 10, 2015). Photo by Christopher McLallen, courtesy of the Monks of Norcia ...

A new Gregorian chant CD by a group of Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy, made it debut on Billboard's classical-music chart at No. 1 last week. The album, Benedicta, was also the top overall ...

Every generation since the beginning of recorded music discovers Gregorian Chant. The most recent (re)discovery was in the mid-1990s with the phenomenally successful Chant CDs from The Benedictine ...

The chant CD hit number three on the Billboard chart and the nuns were named Billboard’s Classical Traditional Artist in 2012 and 2013. Chant has obviously not lost its relevance.

Sales on other Gregorian chant CDs and the parody album by Rhino Records pale in comparison to the success of Chant, which has sold an estimated 3 million copies worldwide and earned more than $70 ...

The Gregorian chant CD is available for a $10 to $15 donation at St. Edward’s Catholic Church, 5788 Thornton Ave., Newark, CA 94560. Proceeds will go toward the music program at St. Edward’s.

Gregorian chants give each day in this cloistered monastery its spine and shape. The nuns sing together seven times a day, celebrating the divine office on an ancient schedule that begins with ...

A new Gregorian chant CD by a group of Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's classical music chart last week. The album, "Benedicta," was also the top overall seller ...