The Priests

This article explains the singing group The Priests; the film of the same name is explained under The Priests (film) .

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The Priests   IE 1  × 5 Quintuple platinum 11/20/2008 (24 weeks)   CH 48 11/30/2008 (7 weeks)   UK 5  platinum December 06, 2008 (10 weeks)   US 66 December 20, 2008 (9 weeks) Harmony   IE 7th  platinum 11/26/2009 (7 weeks)   UK 18th  gold 05.12.2009 (5 weeks) Noel   IE 9  gold December 09, 2010 (4 weeks)   UK 37 December 18, 2010 (3 weeks)

Singles

Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth (feat.Shane MacGowan)   IE 48 December 09, 2010 (1 week)

The Priests are a British classical singing group made up of three Roman Catholic priests. She inspired the singing group Les Prêtres in France and the priests in Germany .

Career

As students at St. MacNissi's College , the two brothers Eugene and Martin O'Hagan first met David Delargy and also found each other as singers. They then continued to study together at the Seminary in Belfast and the Pontifical Irish College in Rome . There they also sang at a papal service.

They later returned to Northern Ireland , where each was given their own congregation, which they have looked after ever since. The vocal connection still remained and in 2008 even signed a record deal under which they recorded the album The Priests . This became a worldwide success and reached number 1 in the Irish charts, among other things, also number 1 in Norway and number 2 in New Zealand and the Netherlands. In the USA it reached number 2 in the classical music charts. In the UK, it sold faster than any debut album before in the classical field.

The following year, The Priests released a second album entitled Harmony, which returned to the charts in many countries, reaching number 1 in Sweden and number 3 in New Zealand.

Band members

• Father Eugene O'Hagan (Ballyclare & Ballygowan Parish Administrator and Canon Law Judge)
• Father Martin O'Hagan (Pastor of Newtownards & Comber Parish)
• Father David Delargy (Pastor of Hannahstown Parish)

Discography

Albums

• 2008: The Priests
• 2009: Harmony
• 2010: Noel

Video albums

• 2010: In Concert At Armagh Cathedral (IE:gold)

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1. ↑ Chart sources: IE CH UK US
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK IE
3. ↑ Chart info on the album The Priests, hitparade.ch.
4. ^ The Priests take Guinness World Record, Hotpress, December 11, 2008.
5. ↑ Chart info on the Harmony album , hitparade.ch.

Web links

• official German homepage