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Sparrow Records is a popular Christian music
Christian music

Christian music is music that has been written during the last two thousand years to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith....
 record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
; a division of EMI
EMI

The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
. Sparrow Records was founded in 1976
1976 in music

Events...
 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R
A&R

Artists and Repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and the artistic development of recording artists....
 director at Myrrh Records
Myrrh Records

Myrrh Records, also known as Myrrh Worship, is a Christian music record label. According to Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music, the label was instrumental in developing a popular following for Contemporary Christian music as the label that first published music by Barry McGuire, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Randy Matthews and Nancy Honey...
. Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group
EMI Christian Music Group

EMI Christian Music Group is a subsidiary of EMI which contains its Contemporary Christian music record labels, and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee....
, and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label". Sparrow Records immediately rose to significant prominence with the signing of singer, songwriter, Contemporary Christian musician and minister Keith Green
Keith Green

Keith Gordon Green was an United States gospel music singer, songwriter, musician, and Contemporary Christian Music artist originally from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York....
.






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Sparrow Records is a popular Christian music
Christian music

Christian music is music that has been written during the last two thousand years to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith....
 record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
; a division of EMI
EMI

The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
. Sparrow Records was founded in 1976
1976 in music

Events...
 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R
A&R

Artists and Repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and the artistic development of recording artists....
 director at Myrrh Records
Myrrh Records

Myrrh Records, also known as Myrrh Worship, is a Christian music record label. According to Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music, the label was instrumental in developing a popular following for Contemporary Christian music as the label that first published music by Barry McGuire, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Randy Matthews and Nancy Honey...
. Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group
EMI Christian Music Group

EMI Christian Music Group is a subsidiary of EMI which contains its Contemporary Christian music record labels, and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee....
, and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label". Sparrow Records immediately rose to significant prominence with the signing of singer, songwriter, Contemporary Christian musician and minister Keith Green
Keith Green

Keith Gordon Green was an United States gospel music singer, songwriter, musician, and Contemporary Christian Music artist originally from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York....
. Within a year of his 1976 signing by Sparrow, Keith Green
Keith Green

Keith Gordon Green was an United States gospel music singer, songwriter, musician, and Contemporary Christian Music artist originally from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York....
 was the top selling Christian artist in America.

As of 2008, Sparrow features many of Contemporary Christian Music's
Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian Music is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christianity. The term is typically used to refer to the Nashville, Tennessee-based pop music, Rock music, and Contemporary worship music Christian music industry, currently represented by artists such as...
 popular and up-and-coming artists, including Starfield
Starfield

Starfield is a Canada Contemporary Christian music group from Winnipeg, Manitoba. The group had songs and albums that charted in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States....
, Avalon
Avalon (band)

Avalon is a Contemporary Christian group. To date, the group has achieved multiple RIAA Certification-certified Gold album record albums, and scored 20 #1 Christian hits....
, Matt Redman
Matt Redman

Matt Redman is an England Christian worship leader and songwriter, and was one of the main worship leaders associated with the Soul Survivor organisation....
, Steven Curtis Chapman
Steven Curtis Chapman

Steven Curtis Chapman is a Contemporary Christian musician.After starting his career in the late 80s as a songwriter, Chapman has turned into one of the most prolific singers in the genre, releasing more than 20 albums to this date....
, Switchfoot
Switchfoot

Switchfoot is an American alternative rock band from San Diego, California, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley ....
, and ZOEgirl
ZOEgirl

ZOEgirl was an inspirational pop rock band. It was formed of singers Chrissy Conway-Katina, Alisa Childers and Kristin Swinford-Schweain. The group released their ZOEgirl in 2000, which includes four top-five radio hits....
. Since 1996, a popular production of Sparrow Records has been the annual WOW Hits CCM
Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian Music is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christianity. The term is typically used to refer to the Nashville, Tennessee-based pop music, Rock music, and Contemporary worship music Christian music industry, currently represented by artists such as...
 series. The WOW franchise then added the annual WOW Gospel series of albums in 1998. The WOW Worship series was introduced in 1999, an annual compilation of the greatest hits in Worship
Worship

Worship usually refers to acts of religion devotion typically directed to one or more deity. It is the informal term in English for what sociology of religion call cult —traditional beliefs and practices, the individual study of which is one of the chief concerns of theology....
 music. These compilations can be found in practically any popular music store. The WOW Worship series, once only focused on worship
Worship

Worship usually refers to acts of religion devotion typically directed to one or more deity. It is the informal term in English for what sociology of religion call cult —traditional beliefs and practices, the individual study of which is one of the chief concerns of theology....
 music, now also includes Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 hits in Rock
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
, Rap
Rapping

Rapping is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and poetry. Rapping is a primary ingredient in Hip Hop music, but the phenomenon predates Hip Hop culture by centuries....
, Gospel
Gospel music

Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
, and R&B Music as well.

Sparrow Records Artists


Sparrow Projects

  • WOW Worship Series


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:...
  • Contemporary Christian Music
    Contemporary Christian music

    Contemporary Christian Music is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christianity. The term is typically used to refer to the Nashville, Tennessee-based pop music, Rock music, and Contemporary worship music Christian music industry, currently represented by artists such as...


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