Australia’s Hillsong United scored its first #1 album by landing atop the Billboard Top Christian/Gospel Albums chart with the release of their eighth CD All of the Above. The CD is also sits at #60 on the Billboard Top 200.

All of the Above released on April 10th in Canada. In late May, not only did it reach the top of the Billboard Christian/Gospel Albums chart, but also #1 on the Nielsen Christian SoundScan chart, the first time Hillsong United has topped that chart. By comparison, the group’s last record, United We Stand, opened at #14 on the Billboard Christian/Gospel chart in April 2006.

All of the Above’s sales have most certainly benefited from United’s curent North American tour. The energetic praise rockers criss-crossed the country with stops in Vancouver, Edmonton, Montreal, and will be in Toronto this Saturday and St. John’s on Sunday. By the end of the summer, the band will have played to more than 150,000 in North America.

Hillsong United’s goal for All of the Above is to more than just sell CDs. The band hopes that CD and the live appearances will clearly communicate United’s desire to inspire young people to do more than sing about their relationship with God, but to live out their faith in their communities. And, that message also underlines The I Heart Revolution recently launched by Hillsong United.

For more information on Hillsong United and All Of The Above, visit the band’s YMZ artist page.

For this weekend’s Hillsong United concerts including Christian Heritage Day at Ontario Place, visit www.UniteProductions.com.