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Sparrow Records is a popular Christian Music record label; a Division of EMI Music. Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by EMI in 1993, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group, and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label". As of 2005, Sparrow features many of Contemporary Christian Music's popular and up-and-coming artists, including Newsboys, Matt Redman, Steven Curtis Chapman, Switchfoot, and ZoeGirl. Christian music is music created by or adapted for the Christian church. ...
A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ...
The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith, London, in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries. ...
Artist and repertoire (A&R for short) is a music industry term that refers to the division of a record label that is responsible for scouting and developing talent. ...
Myrrh Records, founded in 1972 by Billy Ray Hearn as a division of Word Records, was one of the United States most successful Christian record labels. ...
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2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
Love Song, Love Song (1972) Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM) is a classification of Christian music as well as popular music in general. ...
Newsboys Newsboys are a Christian pop/rock band formed in 1987 in Mooloolaba, Australia (although they soon relocated to Nashville, Tennessee). ...
Matt Redman is a British Christian worship leader and songwriter. ...
Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962 in Paducah, Kentucky) has been one of the biggest stars of contemporary Christian music since the late 1980s. ...
Switchfoot is a United States Christian rock and alternative rock band that rose to mainstream prominence in the mid-2000s. ...
Another popular production of Sparrow Records is the annual WoW Worship series, which is an annual compilation of the greatest hits in Worship music, and can be seen and purchased in practically any popular music store. This series, once only focused on worship music, now also includes compilations of Christian hits in Rock, Rap, Gospel, and R&B Music as well. Worship usually refers to specific acts of religious praise, honour, or devotion, typically directed to a supernatural being such as a god or goddess. ...
Worship usually refers to specific acts of religious praise, honour, or devotion, typically directed to a supernatural being such as a god or goddess. ...
A Christian is a follower and believer in Jesus of Nazareth and the religion of Christianity. ...
Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...
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Gospel music may refer either to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the 1930s or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists. ...
Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...
Sparrow Records Artists
(as of 2005) 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
Amazing Grace is one of the most well-known Protestant hymns. ...
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David Crowder Band is the most revolutionary worship band of this century. ...
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Jump5 Jump5 is a popular teen chritsian group. ...
Keith Green (October 21, 1953 - July 28, 1982) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist from Sheepshead Bay, New York. ...
Matt Redman is a British Christian worship leader and songwriter. ...
Newsboys Newsboys are a Christian pop/rock band formed in 1987 in Mooloolaba, Australia (although they soon relocated to Nashville, Tennessee). ...
Sanctus Real is a Christian Rock band. ...
Something Like Silas is an alternative Christian rock band from Southern California, who played at the Hume Lake Christian camp before being signed onto Sparrow Records in 2003 and currently plays regularly at Flood, a College-based ministry that meets at College Avenue Baptist Church in San Diego. ...
Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962 in Paducah, Kentucky) has been one of the biggest stars of contemporary Christian music since the late 1980s. ...
Switchfoot is a United States Christian rock and alternative rock band that rose to mainstream prominence in the mid-2000s. ...
History ZOEgirl is Female Pop and Christian Music Band who quickly burst onto the scene with their debut album in 2000, which had four different top five radio hits. ...
Sparrow Projects
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