Joey and Rory Feek–better known in the music world as Joey + Rory–are celebrating yet another victory in the face of Joey’s cancer. The new album the country/bluegrass duo released almost two weeks ago, “Hymns That Are Important to Us,” has reached number one on the Billboard Country music charts.
Joey + Rory score their first-ever Number One album with 'Hymns That Are Important to Us' https://t.co/aR6VGnBGEu pic.twitter.com/AUeQns5dKC
— RS Country (@RScountry) February 22, 2016
“When the label called to give us the news I immediately took the phone in to Joey,” Rory said 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. As I congratulated her, she responded through tears, ‘No, Honey, this is God’s record….'”
In addition to that bit of good news, Joey and Rory also learned their album topped both Billboard’s Contemporary Christian Album and Christian Video charts.
Joey Feek is growing weaker by the day. Diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2014, she has been at her childhood home in Indiana under hospice care since early fall. Some of the tracks on their album were recorded in a hotel room near where she underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatments last summer.
VIDEO: Joey Feek's daughter says "mama" for the first time! https://t.co/NGZROFQZN6 pic.twitter.com/UDtrUUv4gK
— Us Weekly (@usweekly) February 22, 2016
Joey and Rory fans, as well as friends and family members, keep Joey and Rory Feek constantly in their prayers. Although God may not provide the kind of miracle they’re praying for, lots of joy–like their number one album–has graced their lives in recent days.
