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Joey + Rory score chart-topping country album with ‘Hymns’

Published

February 21, 2016

According to Billboard Magazine, Hymns entered at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 all-genre charts, and it sold 70,000 copies, where 68,000 units were in pure album sales. This marks a career high week for Joey + Rory, as well as their first Top 10 album on the Billboard 200 charts. It was released on Feb. 12 through the husband and wife duo’s own Farmhouse Recordings label.

Hymns topped the Billboard Top County Albums charts, as well as the Billboard Top Christian Albums charts, with the duo’s best sales week ever. Their album garnered a rave review from Digital Journal.

In April of 2016, Joey + Rory will be vying for the Academy of Country Music (ACM) “Vocal Duo of the Year” award. They were nominated for a 2016 Grammy award for their version of “If I Needed You.”

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Written By Markos Papadatos

Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator that has authored over 20,000 original articles over the past 18 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 16-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.