Provident Music Group
741 Cool Springs Blvd
Franklin, TN 37067
(615) 261-5909
WEBSITES:
E-MAIL:
DEMO SUBMISSION:
Provident Label Group does not accept unsolicited demos.
COMPANY INFORMATION:
Provident Music Group includes
Provident Label Group and
Provident-Integrity Distribution, and operates under the umbrella of
RCA Label Group—Nashville,
a unit of Sony Music Entertainment.
Provident Label Group includes the following labels:
Beach Street, Brentwood, Benson, Reunion, and
Essential. The Benson label was shut down in 2001.
Provident-Integrity Distribution serves many record labels.
For a list, please visit their website.
ARTISTS:
Provident Label Group is home to artists
Michael W. Smith, Casting Crowns, Bebo Norman, Joy Williams, Caedmon’s Call
and many more. See the Reunion Records and Essential Records pages for more information.
HISTORY:
In 1981, with only $500 in hand to start his new business,
Jim Van Hook opened the doors to
Brentwood Music.
Within a few years time, he turned his investment into a multi-million dollar corporation.
By the mid-1990s, the company was worth $19 million.
In 1994, New York-based
Zomba purchased Brentwood Music.
In June 1997, the capital-infused company had
greatly expanded through the purchases of
Benson Music Group and
Reunion Records.
This massive growth prompted the establishment of
Provident Music Group
to more adequately umbrella the corporation’s many facets, including its publishing arm,
Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing.
In September 2002, German media giant
Bertelsmann AG
received approval from the European Union to complete it’s $2.74 billion purchase of
Zomba, which then became a unit of
BMG, Bertelsmann AG’s worldwide music business.
Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing became a part of BMG Music Publishing.
In July 2004,
BMG merged with
Sony Music and became
Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
In 2007,
BMG Music Publishing, of which
Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing is a part of, was acquired by
Universal Music Publishing Group.
In August 2008, Sony
purchased Bertelsmann AG’s 50% ownership in Sony BMG for $1.2 billion dollars.
The company was renamed Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
This page last updated August 20, 2008.
