July 25, 2010 -- News comes today that London-based Decca Records has signed a singing group of Benedictine Nuns to record on the same label as U2, Lady Gaga and Eminem.
Also part of Universal Music (of which includes Decca) are The Rolling Stones and Amy Winehouse.
Perhaps hoping to cash in on a song like was done in 1963 when Dominique -- sung in French by the original Singing Nun, Sister Luc Gabriel from Belgium -- became an international hit, and was hummed by fans of all ages, Decca has found their newest group near Avignon in the South of France.
These nuns, of the Abbaye de Notre Dame de l'Annonciation -- an order who lives life through closed doors -- practice Gregorian chant dating back to the 6th century. But, contemporaries may see their music to be akin to the manner of Enignma, a 1990s chart topper.
According to The Telegraph, more than 70 convents in the US, Africa and Europe were visited in order to find these talents.
One thing's for sure, no matter what happens after their album drops in November: As these gifted Singing Nuns join U2, Lady Gaga, and Eminem on their label, the tuneful French Sisters will surely stand out as an act not to be followed no matter how many albums this religious group sells on Decca.
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