Spiritus Dei
Spiritus Dei is the debut album of French trio Les Prêtres released in March 2010 and achieved success in France. Background. At the initiative of Mgr , Bishop of Gap and Embrun (Hautes-Alpes), two priests and one seminarian in the diocese of Gap recorded an album under the label of TF1 Musique for the benefit of two projects, the first one is for a pastoral purpose (construction of a church) and another is for a charity goal (construction of a school in Madagascar). The three singers are Jean-Michel Bardet, pastor of the Cathedral of Gap, Charles Troesch , chaplain of the Basilica of Our Lady of Laus, and Nguyen Dinh Nguyen, seminarian in the diocese. This project was inspired by the Irish group The Priests. The album contains a cover version of Daniel Lévi's song, "L'Envie d'aimer" and another one of Francis Cabrel's 1987 hit "Il faudra leur dire". Chart performance. The album entered the French Albums Chart at number five on 3 April and reached number one two weeks later, and remained atop for nine consecutive weeks. Its highest weekly sales are over 27,300 units on the chart edition of 30 May 2010. The album  reached platinum status after a few weeks and became Diamond after eight months. It reached number-one again nine months after its release, on 1 January 2011. The albums reached number five for three weeks on the Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart.