Country singing duo Joey and Rory Feek have achieved quite a feat with their new album called "Hymns That Are Important To Us" since it has climbed all the way to the top of Billboard's Top Country Album chart and already sold 68,000 copies as of Feb. 18.
Upon receiving news about their album's success, Rory excitedly shared it with his wife, who is battling terminal cancer.
"When the label called to give us the news I immediately took the phone in to Joey," Rory shared in a press release. "This recording was 'hers' from the beginning. This is one that she has always wanted to make, and she's worked so hard to make it happen, in spite of the difficult circumstances she is facing."
But instead of basking in the success of the album, Joey simply credited all glory to God. She told her husband with tears in her eyes, "No, honey, this is God's record...."
Joey and Rory could not be more thrilled that their album, which they have dedicated to God, has managed to do so well.
"No one is more surprised that our Hymns record has sold this many copies than Joey and I," Rory told Billboard. "For the last few months, we've been in Indiana, far away from the music business, living and sharing the story of our personal journey through my blog. We haven't been promoting our careers at all. The only way I can explain the sales of this record is that it's a by-product of something bigger: love."
There are 13 songs in the album, including "When I'm Gone," which already appeared in their album "His + Hers." The song is extra special for the couple because it was written from the perspective of a dying woman who is telling her loved ones that things will be okay even after she dies. The song was actually recorded before Joey was diagnosed with cancer.
