The Nelons Loving You reaches No. 9 on Bulletin boardTop Christian Albums chart (dated September 14), as the act reaches the top 10 in its first appearance on the chart.
The 11-song set, released Aug. 30, earned 3,000 equivalent album units, almost entirely in album sales, in the United States in the week ending Sept. 5, according to Luminate.
Unfortunately, the achievement follows tragic news. Nelons co-founder Kelly Nelon Clark, husband Jason Clark and Amber Nelon Kistler (Kelly's daughter and Jason's stepdaughter) were among seven people killed in a plane crash in northeastern Wyoming on the afternoon of the 26th July. The only surviving member of the foursome is Autumn Nelon Streetman (also Kelly's daughter and Jason's stepdaughter), who was not on the flight.
The three members of the Georgia-based band were traveling to participate in the Gaither Homecoming Cruise in Alaska, according to his label, Gaither Music Group, the cruise sponsor.
“Thank you for the prayers that have already gone out to me, my husband, Jamie, and our soon-to-be-born baby, as well as Jason's parents, Dan and Linda Clark,” Streetman shared in a statement. “We appreciate your continued prayers, love and support as we navigate the next few days.”
The Nelons were launched in 1977 by founding member Rex Nelon as The Rex Nelon Singers. (He died in 2000.) They were inducted into the Gospel Music Association (GMA) Hall of Fame in 2016 and have won 10 GMA Dove Awards, including multiple album and Song of the Year trophies.
Streetman, who is expecting a baby boy in December, sang “Family Chain” with Isaacs at the Nelons' memorial service in Roopville, Ga., on Aug. 6. “People asked me, 'How did you get there and sing at the funeral?' And I told them, “This is what we do. We sing in good times and bad times,” he said Bulletin board in August. “The Lord just gave me the strength to go up there and do it.”
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