Hillsong United
Mar 10, 2013
Hillsong UNITED has released Zion, which has earned the international worship band its highest ever Billboard 200 debut at number five. The project, selling more than 34,100 units its first week, also topped the Billboard Christian & Gospel album and digital charts.
During street week, UNITED peaked as the No. 1 album overall on iTunes in the United States, South Africa, Sweden, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Singapore, Ghana and Columbia in addition to reaching the Top 5 at iTunes in Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Switzerland, Uganda and Ecuador.
"We have always set out to write songs and create a musical expression that is almost uncomfortable in its uniqueness. Not for the sake of progression, or to keep pace with whatever the trend-monitor says, but simply because we feel like it's an essential aspect of what we believe worship is," explains Houston on the heart behind Zion. "It's supposed to be costly, it should always cause us to step into a place where our strength is made invisible in the complete pervasiveness of His power in all that we do, and that involves taking risks."