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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

They are some of the most beautiful parts of Gregorian Chant." The monks had not yet decided what to do with the profits from the CD, said Father Philipp-Neri said. "But we'll put them to good use.

On Continuum this week will be a special program devoted Gregorian Chant, from a ten-CD set of the History of Music. Specifically, this volume covers musical Europe in the era of Gregorian ...

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 ...