ForeFront Records
ForeFront Records is a contemporary Christian music and Christian rock record label founded in 1987 by Dan R. Brock, Eddie DeGarmo, Dana Key, and Ron W. It was purchased by EMI in 1996 from Dan R. Brock and Eddie DeGarmo, and is a division of Universal Music Group under Capitol Christian Music Group. In 1998, ForeFront released Ten: The Birthday Album, a two-CD compilation to celebrate their 10th anniversary that featured songs from several of their artists at the time with several song remakes of older songs performed by new bands.
ForeFront Records
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- ForeFront Records
- Founded
- 1987
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- United States
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ForeFront Records is a contemporary Christian music and Christian rock record label founded in 1987 by Dan R. Brock, Eddie DeGarmo, Dana Key, and Ron W. It was purchased by EMI in 1996 from Dan R. Brock and Eddie DeGarmo, and is a division of Universal Music Group under Capitol Christian Music Group. In 1998, ForeFront released Ten: The Birthday Album, a two-CD compilation to celebrate their 10th anniversary that featured songs from several of their artists at the time with several song remakes of older songs performed by new bands.
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• Name — ForeFront Records • Parent — Universal Music Group • Founded — 1987 • Founder — Eddie DeGarmo, Dan R. Brock, Dana Key, Ron Griffin • Distributor — Capitol Christian Music Group • Genre — Contemporary Christian music, Christian rock • Country — United States • Website — forefrontrecords.com
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• Abandon (active, currently independent) • Audio Adrenaline (also on Fair Trade Services) (disbanded) • The Benjamin Gate (disbanded) • Big Tent Revival (independent) • Bleach (currently independent) • Clear (disbanded) • Code of Ethics (disbanded) • Considering Lily (inactive) • DeGarmo and Key (inactive) • dc Talk (disbanded) • Dizmas (hiatus) • Eddie DeGarmo (inactive) • End Time Warriors (E.T.W.) (inactive) • Mark Farner (active) • Grammatrain (inactive) • Guardian (currently independent) • Holy Soldier (inactive) • Larry Howard • Iona (active, on Open Sky Records) • Karthi • Kevin Max (active, currently independent) • Dana Key (deceased) • Lil iROCC (active, with Jus Rock Records) • Geoff Moore (inactive, with Rocketown Records) • The Normals (disbanded) • PAX217 (disbanded) • Philmont (disbanded) • Raze (disbanded) • Rebecca St. James (active, with Beach Street/Reunion Records) • Satellite Soul (active, new single STATIC released in 2020) • Serene and Pearl (changed name to Considering Lily, currently inactive) • Seven Day Jesus (disbanded) • Skillet (active, formerly on Ardent Records / formerly on Atlantic Records, independent) • Smalltown Poets (active, currently independent) • Pete Stewart (active) • Stacie Orrico (hiatus, currently independent/ (Red Light Management) • TAIT (hiatus) • This Beautiful Republic (disbanded)
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1987
ForeFront Records established.
1987
ForeFront Records is recorded from 1987.
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- 1.Price, Deborah Evans. EMI buys Christian label ForeFront. Billboard Magazine. 108. 28. 5. July 13, 1996.
- 2.Hendershot, Heather. Shaking the World for Jesus: Media and Conservative Evangelical Culture. University of Chicago Press. 56. 2004. 0-226-32679-9.
- 3.Jesusfreakhideout.com. Music News, November 2010: REBECCA ST. JAMES PARTNERS WITH PROVIDENT LABEL GROUP. 2010-11-18.
- 4.SATELLITE SOUL - Static Lyric Video (2021). YouTube.
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