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American record label
Record label
Sparrow Records is a Christian music record label and a division of Universal Music Group .
History
Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn , then artists and repertoire (A&R) director at Myrrh Records . Barry McGuire was the first artist signed to the label, followed quickly by John Michael Talbot and his brother Terry, Janny Grein, and Annie Herring of 2nd Chapter of Acts ; all of whom released albums with Sparrow in May of that year.
Purchased by Thorn EMI in 1992, Sparrow's parent underwent a demerger four years later to become the EMI Group, and the label is now part of the Capitol Christian Music Group .
As of 2009, Sparrow's artists include Britt Nicole , Chris Tomlin , Mandisa , Matt Redman , Matthew West , Steven Curtis Chapman and Switchfoot . Since 1996, a popular production of Sparrow Records has been the annual WOW Hits contemporary Christian music series. In 1998, the WOW franchise then added the annual WOW Gospel WOW Worship
Notable artists
Source: Artist List Former
2nd Chapter of Acts (disbanded)Above the Golden State Susan Ashton (active, unsigned)Audrey Assad (active, independent)Avalon (active, with Red Street Records)Margaret Becker (active, with Kingsway Music )Bellarive Dan Bremnes Steve Camp (active, unsigned)Michael Card (active, unsigned)Marcos Vidal (active, unsigned)Carman (deceased)Steven Curtis Chapman (active, with Reunion Records )City Harbor Daryl Coley (deceased)David Crowder*Band (disbanded, had moved to sixstepsrecords )Danyew DC Talk (hiatus)Delirious? (disbanded)Bethany Dillon (active)Dogs of Peace (active)Earthsuit (disbanded)The Elms (disbanded)Kirk Franklin (active, with GospoCentric Records )Peter Furler (active, independent)Keith Green (deceased)Steve Green (active, unsigned)Rickey Grundy , (active, independent)Charlie Hall (active, with sixstepsrecords )Matt Hammitt Tramaine Hawkins Tim Hughes (active, with Survivor Records )Kari Jobe (active, with Capitol Christian Music Group )Jump5 (disbanded)Phil Keaggy (active)Donald Lawrence Luminate Mandisa (deceased)Barry McGuire (active, unsigned)Geoff Moore and the Distance (disbanded)Michael W. Smith (active, with Rocketown Records )Needtobreathe (active, with Atlantic Records )Newsboys (active, with Fair Trade Services )Christy Nockels (active, with sixstepsrecords )Out of the Grey (on hiatus)Twila Paris (active, with Koch Records )Charlie Peacock (active, independent)Marty Raybon Matt Redman (active, with Integrity Music )Resurrection Band Sanctus Real (active, with Fair Trade Services )Sarah Reeves Samestate Robbie Seay Band (active, unsigned)Something Like Silas Soulfire Revolution Kristian Stanfill (active, with sixstepsrecords )Starfield (active, independent)Switchfoot (active, with lowercase people records ) (Switchfoot still has a distribution agreement with Sparrow Records) Russ Taff (active, with Springhouse Records)John Michael Talbot (active, with Troubadour for the Lord)Steve Taylor Chris Tomlin (active, with sixstepsrecords )Michelle Tumes (active, with EMI CMG )The Waiting (active, independent)Sheila Walsh (active)Matthew Ward (active, independent)Matthew West Lisa Whelchel White Heart Josh Wilson (active on Black River Christian )Deniece Williams (last worked, with Shanachie Records )ZOEgirl (disbanded)Danniebelle Hall (deceased)West Angeles Church of God in Christ Mass Choir and Congregation ("Saints in Praise" series)The Archers (musical group) Jimi Cravity Kristene DiMarco Colton Dixon (with 19 Recordings )Shawn McDonald NF (with Capitol Records )Britt Nicole (with Capitol Records )Christy Nockels Nichole Nordeman Kristian Stanfill The Young Escape Compilations
Firewind: A Contemporary Dramatic Musical (1976)Christmas (1988)Passion: Awakening Sparrow projects
See also
References
Mount, Daniel J. (2005). A City on a Hilltop? The History of Contemporary Christian Music the original on February 3, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
Cusic, Don (1990). The Sound of Light: A History of Gospel Music ISBN 978-0-87972-497-9
"Thorn EMI moves into gospel music with US purchase" . Independent . September 30, 1992. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022."Vote solid for Thorn demerger" . Independent . August 17, 1996. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022.Hendershot, Heather (2004). "Why Should the Devil Have all the Good Music? Christian Music and the Secular Marketplace". Shaking the World for Jesus: Media and Conservative Evangelical Culture Chicago , Illinois : University of Chicago Press . p. 56. ISBN 0-226-32679-9
External links
Keith Green Career releases
Posthumous releases
Tribute releases
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