Nuns sign record deal with company behind Lady Gaga

The enclosed order, based near Avignon, won a worldwide search which took in more than 70 convents. The new chart hopefuls, whose LP of Gregorian chant will be released in November through Universal Music, communicate with outsiders through a grille to avoid intrusion into their lives. The sisters are neither allowed to leave the convent or receive guests and only communicate with visitors through a grill.

'I passed the contract through the grill, they signed it and passed it back,' said Dickon Stainer, chief of Decca Records, a unit of Universal, in a statement.

To keep their privacy the sisters will also film their own television advert and photograph the album cover.


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