Warner Alliance was a contemporary Christian record label and a division of

Warner Music Group Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and th ...

. It was founded in 1989 with headquarters located in

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. Artists on the label included Steve Taylor,

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, Michael English, the

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, Caedmon's Call,

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, Donnie McClurkin,

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, Wayne Watson, Take 6, Ron David Moore, Marilyn McCoo, Patsy Moore, Mid-South, and The Worldwide Message Tribe. Albums associated with the label are now controlled by Word Entertainment.

History

In 2018, Warner Alliance was acquired by

Warner Records Warner Records Inc. (formerly Warner Bros. Records Inc.) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the ...

, KMG Records,

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and

Squint Entertainment Squint Entertainment was a record label owned by Word Entertainment, started and run by musician and songwriter Steve Taylor in 1997. Squint pushed Sixpence None the Richer to mainstream success with their single "Kiss Me". The band had been in ...

for US$24million.

History

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