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Signature Sparrow Records Artists

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By Kim Jones, About.com

Christian record label Sparrow Records has always had a strong artist roster but some of their artists stand head and shoulders above the rest.

Avalon

Avalon - December, 2007Sparrow Records
Avalon's kudos include 20 No. 1 radio hits, 23 Dove nominations with 6 Dove Awards wins and 3 GRAMMY nominations.

Chris Tomlin

Chris TomlinEMI
Chris Tomlin is a Six Steps Records artist, but Six Steps is an imprint of Sparrow, which is where Chris was when he released The Noise We Make in 2001.

Cece Winans

Cece WinansKevin Winter / Getty Images Entertainment
In 1996, as a Sparrow artist, Cece Winans won the Dove Awards Female Vocalist of the Year as well as winning the award for Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year.

Nichole Nordeman

Nichole NordemanEMI
Nichole Nordeman signed with Sparrow Records in 1998. Since then she has won 9 Dove Awards, including two for Female Vocalist of the Year.

Steve Green

Steve GreenCourtesy of Sparrow Records
Throughout his years in music ministry, Steve has been honored with four Grammy nominations, 13 No. 1 songs and seven Dove Awards. With 23 recordings under his belt, including children’s projects and Spanish-language albums, Steve Green has sold over three million albums worldwide.

Steven Curtis Chapman

Steven Curtis ChapmanSparrow Records
With more Dove Awards than any other artist in the history of Christian music, Steven Curtis Chapman is the quintessential Signature artist.

Switchfoot

SwitchfootCourtesy of: EMI
Switchfoot's first national release, The Legend Of Chin, released in 1997 on the Sparrow label. Eight Dove Awards and 10+ years later, everyone has heard of Switchfoot.

ZOEgirl

ZOEgirlCourtesy of Sparrow Records
This pop rock band made up of Chrissy Conway-Katina, Alisa Childers and Kristin Swinford-Schweain debuted on Sparrow Records in 2000. In the groups 6 year run, they had several top-five radio hits and won the Dove New Artist of the Year in 2002.

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