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Reunion Records is a Brentwood, Tennessee
Brentwood, Tennessee

Brentwood is a city in Williamson County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States, and an affluent suburb of Nashville, Tennessee. The population was 23,445 at the United States Census, 2000....
 based division of Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation of America, being one of the World music market. According to Variety, on October 2, 2008, Sony had completed the acquisition of Bertelsmann's 50% stake in the Sony BMG joint venture, and Sony BMG was renamed Sony Music Entertainment....
 started in 1982
1982 in music

See also:* 1982 in music * :Category:Record labels established in 1982* list of 'years in music'...
 by Dan Harrell and Mike Blanton.

label was formed by Amy Grant's managers (with Harrell being her brother-in-law), with the label's original intent to give new artist Kathy Troccoli
Kathy Troccoli

Kathleen Colleen Troccoli is a contemporary Christian music singer, author, and speaker....
 a home after being rejected by the major labels at the time. Miss Troccoli, Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well....
, and Rich Mullins
Rich Mullins

Richard Wayne Mullins was an United States Contemporary Christian Music singer and songwriter born to John and Neva Mullins in Richmond, Indiana....
 were the label's first three artists.

In 1990 they signed a new distribution deal with Geffen Records
Geffen Records

Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group....
.






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Reunion Records is a Brentwood, Tennessee
Brentwood, Tennessee

Brentwood is a city in Williamson County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States, and an affluent suburb of Nashville, Tennessee. The population was 23,445 at the United States Census, 2000....
 based division of Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation of America, being one of the World music market. According to Variety, on October 2, 2008, Sony had completed the acquisition of Bertelsmann's 50% stake in the Sony BMG joint venture, and Sony BMG was renamed Sony Music Entertainment....
 started in 1982
1982 in music

See also:* 1982 in music * :Category:Record labels established in 1982* list of 'years in music'...
 by Dan Harrell and Mike Blanton.

History

The label was formed by Amy Grant's managers (with Harrell being her brother-in-law), with the label's original intent to give new artist Kathy Troccoli
Kathy Troccoli

Kathleen Colleen Troccoli is a contemporary Christian music singer, author, and speaker....
 a home after being rejected by the major labels at the time. Miss Troccoli, Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well....
, and Rich Mullins
Rich Mullins

Richard Wayne Mullins was an United States Contemporary Christian Music singer and songwriter born to John and Neva Mullins in Richmond, Indiana....
 were the label's first three artists.

In 1990 they signed a new distribution deal with Geffen Records
Geffen Records

Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group....
. In 1992 50% of Reunion Records was sold to BMG
BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008....
 and by 1995 the other half was acquired by BMG too. For a time though following the BMG acquisition they distributed through RCA Records
RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1983 and a partner from 1983 to 1986....
. From 1995 until 1996 it was part or Arista Records
Arista Records

Arista Records is an United States record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the RCA Records....
 (a BMG company). In October 1996 the label was sold to Zomba Records. Through eventual consolidation, it is now again part of Sony BMG.

Mike Blanton and Dan Harrell partnered with Steve Thomas to create BHT Entertainment in 2003. The label signed a distribution agreement with Word Records
Word Records

Word Records is a Christian record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a division of Word Entertainment , which, itself is co-owned by Warner Music Group and Curb Records....
.

Artists

  • All Star United
    All Star United

    All Star United is a Christian rock band started in 1997. Their style combines elements of alternative rock and Britpop.The band has released four albums, the latest being Love And Radiation, released May 29, 2007....
  • Gary Chapman
    Gary Chapman

    Gary Chapman may refer to:* Gary Chapman , the author of the Five Love Languages series* Gary Chapman , an American singer/songwriter and former television talk show host...
  • Ashley Cleveland
    Ashley Cleveland

    Ashley Cleveland is an United States singer/songwriter perhaps best known as a background vocalist and Grammy awards-winning Gospel music singer....
  • Casting Crowns
    Casting Crowns

    Casting Crowns is a Grammy Award and Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian music that employs a soft rock music style. The band was created in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a youth group....
  • Brandon Heath
    Brandon Heath

    Brandon Heath is a contemporary Christian musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released two studio albums: Don't Get Comfortable and What If We ....
  • Phil Stacey
    Phil Stacey

    Joel Philip Stacey is an American country music singer who first gained national attention on American Idol of the television talent show American Idol....
  • Michael James
  • Kim Hill
    Kim Hill

    Kim Hill is an United States Christian singer, songwriter and chastity advocate, active since the early 1990s. She has won several Dove Awards....
  • Wes King
    Wes King

    Wes King is an American contemporary-Christian singer, songwriter, and musician. He is perhaps best known for his 1993 album The Robe . In 2005, King was diagnosed with lymphoma, and the tribute album Life Is Precious: A Wes King Tribute was released in July 2006 to raise money for his medical expenses....
  • Brian Littrell
    Brian Littrell

    Brian Thomas Littrell is an United States singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the Backstreet Boys. He is also a contemporary Christian recording artist and released a solo album, Welcome Home, in 2006....
  • Mike-E
  • Rich Mullins
    Rich Mullins

    Richard Wayne Mullins was an United States Contemporary Christian Music singer and songwriter born to John and Neva Mullins in Richmond, Indiana....
  • hoi Polloi
    Hoi polloi

    Hoi polloi , an expression meaning "the many" in Greek language, is used in English language to denote "the masses" or "the people", usually in a Pejorative....
  • Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith

    Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well....
  • Billy Sprague
  • Tenth Avenue North
    Tenth Avenue North

    Tenth Avenue North is an United States Contemporary Christian music band from West Palm Beach, Florida. It features Mike Donehey on vocals and acoustic guitar, Jeff Owen on electric guitar and backup vocals, drummer Jason Jamison, and Scott Sanders on bass guitar....
  • Kathy Troccoli
    Kathy Troccoli

    Kathleen Colleen Troccoli is a contemporary Christian music singer, author, and speaker....
  • the Prayer Chain
    The Prayer Chain

    The Prayer Chain was a 1990s Christianity alternative rock band. The band has been called "the epitome of the Christian underground". The Prayer Chain was known for producing moody, angst-ridden music which was, in turn, the result of creative differences within the band and with their record label....
  • John Waller
    John Waller

    John Waller is an United States Contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer for the late-1990s band According to John....
  • Joy Williams


See also

  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...


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