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.

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.