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Hillsong Worship debuts at No. 1 Print Email
Written by Taylor Berglund   
Thursday, 12 November 2015 03:48 PM America/New_York

hillsong-open-heaven-river-wildHillsong Worship’s new album, Open Heaven / River Wild debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart, No. 5 on Billboard's Digital Chart and Top 25 on the Billboard 200 in its first week. SoundScan charted the album at No. 1 on both Praise & Worship and Christian Digital Albums charts.

The album also reached No. 1 on iTunes' Christian/Gospel Albums and Top 10 iTunes Overall charts. Hillsong Worship's debut single, "One Thing," is currently impacting radio.

In Australia, the album debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart its first week, which is only the fourth time in the history of Hillsong Church.

The group also recently concluded their time in the U.S. on the Hillsong Nights tour, along with the church's Senior Pastor Brian Houston, who was also promoting his new book Live Love Lead. They recently concluded their third annual Hillsong Conference, held in New Jersey, Oct. 22-24.