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Sparrow Records

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Sparrow Records is a Christian music record label and a division of Universal Music Group.

HistoryEdit

Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then artists and repertoire (A&R) director at Myrrh Records.<ref name="Mount_Web">Template:Cite book</ref> Barry McGuire was the first artist signed to the label, followed quickly by John Michael Talbot and his brother Terry, Janny Grein, and Annie Herring of 2nd Chapter of Acts; all of whom released albums with Sparrow in May of that year.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Purchased by Thorn EMI in 1992, Sparrow's parent underwent a demerger four years later to become the EMI Group,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the label is now part of the Capitol Christian Music Group.<ref name="Hendershot_04">Template:Cite book</ref>

As of 2009, Sparrow's artists include Britt Nicole, Chris Tomlin, Mandisa, Matt Redman, Matthew West, Steven Curtis Chapman and Switchfoot. Since 1996, a popular production of Sparrow Records has been the annual WOW Hits contemporary Christian music series. In 1998, the WOW franchise then added the annual WOW Gospel series of albums. The WOW Worship series was introduced in 1999.

Notable artistsEdit

Source: Artist List

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CompilationsEdit

  • Firewind: A Contemporary Dramatic Musical (1976)
  • Christmas (1988)
  • Passion: Awakening (2010)

Sparrow projectsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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