A group of nuns from France answer the prayers of a major record company looking for the world's best Gregorian chant performers. A group of secluded nuns near Avignon, France, have signed a major record deal with Lady Gaga's record label. Decca Records chose the nuns after a worldwide search for the best female Gregorian chant performers. The nuns of the Abbaye de Notre-Dame de l'Annonciation shone above 70 convents across the globe. The nuns can now call Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse, U2 and convent-educated Lady GaGa herself - label-mates. The nuns are part of an ancient order, dating back to the 6th century. Sisters continue the tradition of talking with any visitors, even family, through a wooden grille to avoid intrusion from the outside world. Once vows have been taken to live in the convent, the sisters remain there for the rest of their lives. [Sister Raphael, Abbaye de Notre-Dame de l'Annonciation]: "Before starting the recording, we were a bit nervous, we were a bit afraid about what would happen to our cloistered life so we confided this to St. Joseph in our prayers. If this was going to help people to pray, if it's going to help people find God, if it's going to help peace, go through with it, make this go through." To avoid interference in their daily lives, the nuns will film their own television commercial and photograph their own album cover. The self-sufficient nuns - amongst them a plumber, an engineer, an electrician, a silk-weaver and ...
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