Capitol Christian Music Group

{{Short description|American music group with unofficial branches in Canada}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}} {{infobox record label | name = Capitol Christian Music Group | image = [[File:Capitol Christian Music Group logo.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]] | parent = [[EMI]] (1992–2012)<br>[[Universal Music Group]] (2012–present) | founded = {{start date and age|1976|2}} | founder = [[Billy Ray Hearn]] | distributor = [[Interscope Capitol Labels Group]]<br>(in North America)<br>[[EMI Records]]<br>(in the United Kingdom) | genre = [[Christian music]], [[contemporary Christian music]], [[Christian rock]], [[gospel music|gospel]] | country = United States | location = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], U.S. | url = {{URL|CapitolChristianMusicGroup.com}} }}

'''Capitol Christian Music Group (Capitol CMG)''' (formerly known as [[EMI]] Christian Music Group) is an American record label that, since 2013, is under the ownership of [[Universal Music Group]]. Based in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], the label is in the [[Christian music|Christian]] and [[Gospel music|gospel]] [[music industry|music industries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitolchristiandistribution.com/about/labels.aspx|title=About - Capitol Christian Distribution|website=www.capitolchristiandistribution.com|access-date=April 2, 2018|archive-date=July 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708021437/http://www.capitolchristiandistribution.com/about/labels.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== History == The music group was founded by [[Billy Ray Hearn]] in February 1976 as [[Sparrow Records]]. Sparrow was acquired by EMI in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/thorn-emi-moves-into-gospel-music-with-us-purchase-1554773.html|title=Thorn EMI moves into gospel music with US purchase|website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=October 1, 1992|access-date=April 2, 2018}}</ref> Formerly known as [[EMI]] Christian Music Group, Capitol CMG is a division of [[Capitol Music Group]], which is now a Universal Music Group company.

As of 2024, Capitol CMG operates under Universal Music Group-owned [[Interscope Capitol Labels Group]] (ICLG).

== Labels == * Capitol Christian Distribution (formerly EMI CMG Distribution) **[[Gaither Music Group]] ** [[Bethel Music]]

* Capitol CMG Group (formerly EMI CMG Group) ** [[Credential Recordings]] ** [[ForeFront Records]] ** [[Tamla Records]] ** [[Motown Gospel]] ** [[Sparrow Records]] ** Worship Together ** [[Bethel Music]] ** Curiel Music ** Re:Think * Capitol CMG Publishing<ref>{{Cite web| title = About| work = CCMG Publishing| access-date = 2020-06-13| date = 2015-03-11| url = https://www.capitolcmgpublishing.com/about}}</ref> **Brentwood-Benson<ref>{{Cite web| title = President of Capitol CMG Publishing Eddie Degarmo to Retire| access-date = 2020-06-13| url = https://www.umusicpub.com/us/News/2016/05/President-of-Capitol-CMG-Publishing-Eddie-Degarmo-to-Retire.aspx}}</ref> **Meadowgreen Music<ref>{{Cite magazine| last = Darden| first = Bob| title = Gospel Lectern| magazine = Billboard| date = 1994-04-02|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32}}</ref> * [[sixstepsrecords]] (distribution) * [[Bethel Music]] (distribution) * BEC Recordings Canada ** Covenant Recording Company (50%, with eclair's block Music Group)

== See also == * [[List of contemporary Christian music record labels|Christian record labels]] * [[EMI]] * [[List of record labels]]

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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.capitolchristianmusicgroup.com/}}

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