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Myrrh Records, a subsidiary of Word Entertainment, was founded in 1972 by Billy Ray Hearn. Probably the biggest discovery to come along for Myrrh Records was teenage singer named Amy Grant, who hit the Contemporary Christian music scene in 1977. Grant's albums were so popular, both inside and outside of the Christian music industry, that Word entered into an agreement with A&M Records to reissue her entire back catalog in the mainstream music industry. In addition, A&M promoted Grant as a pop music artist in the mainstream. In 1985, Grant released her first concurrent Myrrh/A&M release, Unguarded, which featured four different album covers.
Other popular artists signed to the label at one time or another include Malcolm and Alwyn, Barry McGuire, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Randy Matthews, Petra, GLAD, David and the Giants Billy Preston, Richie Furay, B.J. Thomas, Steve Archer, Mark Heard, Randy Stonehill, Leslie Phillips, Joe English (former drummer for Paul McCartney's Wings), Mylon & Broken Heart, Crystal Lewis, Dakoda Motor Co. (Peter King-MTV), Cliff Richard, The Choir, Steve Taylor, Phil Keaggy, One Bad Pig, The 77s, Salvation Air Force, Benny Hester, Mike Warnke, Nancy Honeytree and many others.
In the mid-1980s, Word had a sub-label called Myrrh-LA that featured California bands as opposed to the rest of the Nashville-centric industry. In the year 2000, Word Entertainment announced it was discontinuing the label and shifting the artist roster to Word Records. In the year 2005, Word Entertainment re-launched the label as Myrrh Worship, focusing on Praise and Worship Music. The current artist roster consist of Pocket Full Of Rocks and Women Of Faith Worship Team.
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Fervent Records is a faith based record label and is a subsidiary of Word Entertainment. Fervent’s track record of accomplishments began in 2001 with the label’s first release, Invade My Soul from By The Tree. The album became one of the highest scanning debuts that year and collected two Dove Awards in 2002. Big Daddy Weave, the label’s second signing, additionally claimed the highest new artist debut spot in 2002 at retail according to SoundScan’s Christian chart and radio according to R&R’s AC radio chart. In 2004, Fervent introduced one of the most successful breakout acts, BarlowGirl and later that year launched the Absolute series, which has become the largest launch of a new Christian music compilation series in recent years.
Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Fervent is home to a number of artists including BarlowGirl, Big Daddy Weave, Francesca Battistelli, Group 1 Crew, and pureNRG . Other artists that have released albums on Fervent Records include Andrew Peterson, By the Tree, Jill Phillips, and Inhabited.
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Word Records is a faith based record label and a subsidiary of Word Entertainment. Word was founded in Waco, Texas in 1951 by Jarrell McCracken.
Word is now based in Nashville, Tennessee. The artist roster heralds some of today's top Christian music performers and songwriters including David Phelps, Diamond Rio, Mark Schultz, Meredith Andrews, Nicole C. Mullen, Point of Grace, Remedy Drive, Salvador, and Stellar Kart. Word Records leads the industry with over 55 years of music-making history and has been named the “Top Christian Imprint” for the past 2 consecutive years by Billboard Magazine.
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