Essential Records

• Name — Essential Records • Parent — Sony Music Nashville • Founded — 1992 • Founder — Robert Beeson • Distributor — Provident • Genre — Contemporary Christian music • Country — United States • Location — Franklin, Tennessee • Website — providentlabelgroup.com

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 reached No. 12 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and appeared in the Billboard Hot 100. Today it is part of the Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

Also, the label has an imprint named Essential Worship, which provides resources for worship leaders, and the deals are different than traditional ones. It is a record label that provides tools for musicians, and worship leaders.

• Illustration — Sub*Lime's Logo Sub*Lime Records was a sub-label of Essential Records, via Brentwood Music and the Zomba Music Group. Signed artists included Honey, Fold Zandura, Kosmos Express, Quayle, Ruby Joe, and Silage.

The roster of artists from May 2019: • Branan Murphy • Casting Crowns • Elle Limebear • Jamie Kimmett • KB (Essential Sound/Provident) • Land of Color • Leanna Crawford • Matt Maher • Matthew West • One Sonic Society • Red Rocks Worship • Rhett Walker • Seph Schlueter • Tauren Wells • Elevation Worship • Vertical Worship • Zach Williams • All Essential Worship musicians

• Warren Barfield • Brooke Barrettsmith (active) • Caedmon's Call (disbanded, formerly with Fair Trade Services) • Andy Cherry (active) • Day of Fire (inactive since 2010) • FFH (active) • Mia Fieldes • Fireflight (active, with RockFest Records) • Brian Goodell • Grey Holiday (disbanded in 2008) • Jars of Clay (active, with Gray Matters) • J Monty (active, independent) • KJ-52 (active, with BEC Recordings) • Los Caminos (inactive) • Leeland (active, with Integrity Music) • Krystal Meyers (inactive) • The Neverclaim • Bebo Norman (retired in 2013, formerly with BEC Recordings) • Paul Colman Trio (solo act/disbanded) • Chuckie Perez (active, independent) • Andrew Peterson (active, with Centricity Music) • Pillar (active) • Plumb (active, with Curb Records) • Red (active, independent) • Revive (disbanded) • Kerrie Roberts (active, with Reunion Records) • The Royal Royal (active) • Royal Tailor (disbanded) • Tal & Acacia (active) • Tenth Avenue North (disbanded) • Third Day (disbanded) • True Vibe (disbanded) • V*Enna (disbanded in 2001) • Rhett Walker Band (disbanded) • I Am They(disbanded, formerly with Big Future Music Group/Truss Records)

The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars. Recorded from 1992. Institutional cataloguing adds that essential Records is associated with United States.