- Sparrow Records
Infobox record label
name = Sparrow Records
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parent =EMI CMG
founded =1976
founder = Billy Ray Hearn
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genre =Worship , Christian, Rock, Rap, Gospel,R&B
country = USA
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url = [http://www.sparrowrecords.com/ sparrowrecords.com]Sparrow Records is a popular Christian music
record label ; a division ofEMI . Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 byBilly Ray Hearn , thenA&R director atMyrrh Records .cite book |last=Mount |first=Daniel J. |authorlink=User:Daniel J. Mount |title=A City on a Hilltop? The History of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2005 |url=http://www.danielmount.net/ccm.html |accessdate=2007-02-12 |pages=48 - 50, 53 ] Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of theEMI Christian Music Group ,cite book |last=Hendershot |first=Heather |title=Shaking the World for Jesus: Media and Conservative Evangelical Culture |year=2004 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago ,Illinois |isbn=0-226-32679-9 |chapter=Why Should the Devil Have all the Good Music? Christian Music and the Secular Marketplace |pages=56 |quote= ] and has been named byBillboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label".Fact|date=March 2007 "Sparrow Records" immediately rose to significant prominence with the signing of singer, songwriter, Contemporary Christian musician and ministerKeith Green . Within a year of his1976 signing by Sparrow,Keith Green was the top selling Christian artist in America.As of
2005 , "Sparrow" features many of Contemporary Christian Music's popular and up-and-coming artists, includingStarfield , Avalon,Matt Redman ,Steven Curtis Chapman ,Switchfoot , andZOEgirl . Since 1996, another popular production of Sparrow Records is the annual "WOW Worship " series, which is an annual compilation of the greatest hits inWorship music, and can be seen and purchased in practically any popular music store. This series, once only focused onworship music, now also includes compilations ofChristian hits in Rock, Rap, Gospel, andR&B Music as well.Sparrow Records Artists
References
parrow Projects
* WOW Worship Series
See also
*
List of record labels
*Contemporary Christian Music External links
* [http://www.sparrowrecords.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.emicmg.com/ EMI Christian Music Group]
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