Twenty years ago, the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos released an album which rocketed to the top of the charts. Chant was an instant, and enduring, hit. It has sold over 6,000,000 copies.

Saying that Gregorian chant, as sung by the inimitable Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos, sold a few records 10 years ago is like saying the Beatles wrote some decent songs in the 1960s.

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 ...

(RNS) A new Gregorian chant CD, "Benedicta," debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s classical music chart last week (June 10). Why does chant have such a secular appeal? (RNS) A new Gregorian chant CD by a ...

AS POP SENSATIONS GO, the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos are hardly the first to call on a higher authority for their unlikely success. Sister Janet Mead sold more than a million copies ...

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 seller ...

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 (June 10). The album, “Benedicta,” was also the top overall ...