record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the pr ...
based in
Brentwood, Tennessee
Brentwood is a city in Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 45,373 as of the 2020 United States census.Provident Label Group. The label was founded in 1982, by Dan Harrell and Mike Blanton.
History
The label was formed by Amy Grant's managers (Harrell being her brother-in-law), with the label's original intent to give new artist Kathy Troccoli a home after being rejected by the major labels at the time. Troccoli, Michael W. Smith and Rich Mullins were the label's first three artists.
In 1990, they signed a new distribution deal with Geffen Records. In 1992 50% of Reunion Records was sold to BMG and by 1995 the other half was also acquired by BMG. For a time following the BMG acquisition they distributed through
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also ...
. From 1995 until 1996, it was part of Arista Records (a BMG company). In October 1996, the label was sold to Zomba Records. Through eventual consolidation, it is now part of
Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainmen ...
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Mike Blanton and Dan Harrell partnered with Steve Thomas to create BHT Entertainment in 2003. The label signed a distribution agreement with Word Records.
Jason Crabb
Jason Douglas Crabb (born March 3, 1977) is a Christian music singer and musician. He has been the lead vocalist for the group The Crabb Family.
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Casting Crowns
Casting Crowns is a contemporary Christian and Christian rock band started in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall, who serves as the band's lead vocalist, as part of a youth group at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida. They late ...
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Brandon Heath
Brandon Heath Knell (born July 21, 1978) is an American contemporary Christian musician, singer, and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released six studio albums: ''Don't Get Comfortable'' (2006), ''What If We'' (2008), ''Leaving Ed ...
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Jamie Kimmett
Jamie Kimmett is a Christian music singer-songwriter signed to Provident Label Group under Sony.
Career
Jamie Kimmett was born in Scotland. He grew up listening to artists like Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and John Mayer. While studying ...
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Rebecca St. James
Rebecca Jean Fink (; born 26 July 1977), known professionally as Rebecca Jean or Rebecca St. James, is an Australian Christian pop rock singer, songwriter and actress. She began performing in Australia in the late 1980s and released Refresh My H ...
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Tenth Avenue North
Tenth Avenue North was an American contemporary Christian music (CCM) band from West Palm Beach, Florida that was active from 2000 to 2021.
The group was formed while its founding members attended Palm Beach Atlantic University took its name f ...
Matthew West
Matthew Joseph West (born April 25, 1977) is an American contemporary Christian musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He has released five studio albums and is known for his songs "More", "You Are Everything", and " The Motions". He was nomin ...
Austin Adamec
Austin Mark Adamec (born March 21, 1988) is an American Christian musician and guitarist, who primarily plays Christian pop music. He has released one studio album, ''All the Brighter'', in 2015. The song, "My Only Answer", charted on the ''Bi ...
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All Star United
''All Star United'' is a Christian rock band that was formed by solo artist Ian Eskelin in 1996. The band is known for clever and sometimes sarcastic lyrics, as they frequently use their songs as vehicles to lampoon perceived excesses in Western ...
The Archers
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(inactive)
* The Awakening (disbanded)
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Matt Brouwer
Matt Brouwer (born February 28, 1976) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. While in college, he and fellow students founded the band Monday Night Worship (MNW). Because of the spiritual content of his lyrics he was 'discovered' by a Nashville r ...
Ana Laura
Ana Laura Chávez (born February 18, 1986), commonly known as Ana Laura, is an American singer of Contemporary Christian musician. She released a self-titled debut album in 2006 and had two hit singles on Christian radio, ("Water" and "Completely ...
Lindsay McCaul
Lindsay McCaul Mattingly (''née'', Pritchett; born March 7, 1984) is an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter raised in Merritt Island, Florida.Official Website About section McCaul released the album entitled '' If It Leads Me Back' ...
(active, with Centricity)
* Mike-E (active, with WENDEMÉ CREATIVE)
* Rich Mullins (deceased)
* Jill Paquette (active)
* Kerrie Roberts (currently independent)
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SHINEmk
SHINEmk (also known as Shine or Shine MK) was an English Christian pop group made up of Nicki Rogers, Natasha Andrews, Loretta Andrews and Hanne Pettersen. ShineMK began in 1998 as an educational outfit touring schools in the Thames Valley area ...
(disbanded)
* Billy Sprague (inactive)
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Phil Stacey
Joel Philip Stacey (born January 21, 1978) is an American singer who first gained national attention on season 6 of the television talent show ''American Idol''. After being eliminated from the competition on May 2, 2007, he was signed to a recor ...
(active)
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The Prayer Chain
The Prayer Chain was a 1990s Christian alternative rock band. The band has been called "the epitome of the Christian underground". The Prayer Chain was known for producing moody, angst-ridden music which was, in turn, the result of creative diff ...
Tauren Wells
Tauren Gabriel Wells is an American singer, songwriter, and multi instrumentalist from Houston, Texas who is known for making contemporary Christian music.
Biography
Wells was a founding member of Royal Tailor along with DJ Cox and Blake Hubb ...
(active, with Sparrow Records)
* Joy Williams (currently independent)
* Recess (inactive)
See also
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List of record labels
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Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, b ...