The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, are a Benedictine order of nuns founded by Sr , OSB, in Gower, Missouri. The nuns are also recording artists, and their first two albums of recorded chants and hymns reached number one on the classical traditional Billboard charts. They were thereafter named Billboard's Classical Traditional artists of the year in 2013, the first order of nuns to win an award in the history of Billboard.