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Essential Records (Christian)

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Distributor(s)
  
Provident

Location
  
Franklin, Tennessee

Parent organization
  
Sony Music

Founded
  
1992

Country of origin
  
U.S.

Official website
  
www.providentpress.com

Founder
  
Robert Beeson


Parent company
  
Sony Music Entertainment

Genre
  
Contemporary Christian music

Artists
  
Third Day, Jars of Clay, Red, Matt Maher, Caedmon's Call

Albums
  
End of Silence, Innocence & Instinct, Of Beauty and Rage, Until We Have Faces, Release the Panic

Essential Records is a contemporary Christian record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. It is a division of a major label, Sony Music Entertainment.

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History

It was established in 1992 and acquired by Brentwood Music in 1993. The label's first big hit release was "Flood" by Jars of Clay in 1996. The song was a hit on mainstream radio before hitting on Christian formats; it hit No. 12 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and appeared in the Billboard Hot 100. Today it is part of the Provident Label Group, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

Current

The current roster of artists:

  • Building 429
  • Elevation Worship
  • Mia Fieldes
  • Jon Guerra
  • I Am They
  • Leeland
  • Matt Maher
  • The Neverclaim
  • Newport
  • One Sonic Society
  • Red
  • Third Day
  • Vertical Church Band
  • Zach Williams
  • Tauren Wells

    • Former

  • Warren Barfield
  • Brooke Barrettsmith (active)
  • Caedmon's Call (active, with INO Records)
  • Andy Cherry (active)
  • Day of Fire (inactive)
  • FFH (inactive)
  • Fireflight (active)
  • Grey Holiday (disbanded)
  • Jars of Clay (active, with Gray Matters)
  • KJ-52 (active, with BEC Records)
  • Krystal Meyers (inactive)
  • Bebo Norman (active, with BEC Records)
  • Andrew Peterson (active, with Centricity Music)
  • Pillar (active)
  • Plumb (active, with Curb Records)
  • Revive (disbanded)
  • Kerrie Roberts (active, with Reunion Records)
  • The Royal Royal (active)
  • Royal Tailor (disbanded)
  • Tal & Acacia (active)
  • True Vibe (disbanded)
  • V*Enna (disbanded)
  • Rhett Walker Band (disbanded)

    • References

    Essential Records (Christian) Wikipedia
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