Sparrow Records

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Sparrow Records
Parent company EMI CMG
Founded 1976
Founder Billy Ray Hearn
Genre Worship, Christian, Rock, Rap, Gospel, R&B
Country of origin USA
Official website sparrowrecords.com

Sparrow Records is a popular Christian music record label; a division of EMI. Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R director at Myrrh Records.[1] Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group,[2] and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label".[citation needed] As of 2005, Sparrow features many of Contemporary Christian Music's popular and up-and-coming artists, including Starfield, Avalon, Matt Redman, Steven Curtis Chapman, Switchfoot, and ZOEgirl.

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.

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  1. ^ Mount, Daniel J. (2005). A City on a Hilltop? The History of Contemporary Christian Music, 48 - 50, 53. Retrieved on 2007-02-12. 
  2. ^ 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, 56. ISBN 0-226-32679-9. 

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