Overview of Christian Music of the 90s, Timeline

• 90s albums

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• some artists & songs

• THE COLORS OF YOUR LOVE
The Archers

• WHATEVER IT TAKES
• GRACE GREATER THAN OUR SIN
• THE CROSS MEDLEY
Damaris Carbaugh

• THANK YOU
• THE ALTAR
• WATCH THE LAMB
• I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE LAMB
Ray Boltz

• AS I AM
• THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE
• REMEMBER ME
Kim Boyce

• NO ONE BUT YOU
Irene Cara, China Cry Soundtrack

• MY REDEEMER IS FAITHFUL AND TRUE
• HIS EYES
• HIDING PLACE
Steven Curtis Chapman

• HIS STRENGTH IS PERFECT
• NOT HOME YET
• I WILL BE HERE
Steven Curtis Chapman

• BUTTERFLY KISSES
Bob Carlisle

• JESUS AND ME
• SHOW ME YOUR WAY
• THE SAVIOR I SING OF TODAY
Glen Campbell

• TRUST HIS HEART
Cynthia Clawson

• WHAT SIN?
• IF I NEVER SEE A MIRACLE
Morgan Cryar

• WHEN I TURN TO YOU
• I LOVE YOU WITH MY LIFE
• I SURRENDER ALL
Bryan Duncan

• TO GOD BE THE GLORY
• BEYOND ALL LIMITS
• YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
• GAITHER MEDLEY
Larnelle Harris

• LORD I WANT TO BE LIKE JESUS IN MY HEART
Fernando Ortega

• RIGHT KIND OF LOVE
Kenneth & West

• BEAUTY FOR ASHES
Crystal Lewis

• AWESOME GOD
• SING YOUR PRAISE TO THE LORD
• SOMETIMES BY STEP
• HOLD ME JESUS
Rich Mullins

• HEALING HANDS
Jonathan Pierce

• WILL YOU LOVE JESUS MORE
Phillips, Craig & Dean

• LOVE UNDERSTANDS
Marilyn McCoo

• MORE THAN ANYTHING
• JESUS WILL STILL BE THERE
Point Of Grace

• JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE
• WHEN ITS ALL BEEN SAID AND DONE
Phillip Sandifer

• FRIENDS
• PLACE IN THIS WORLD
• I WILL BE HERE FOR YOU
Michael W. Smith

• LAMB OF GOD
Sunday Drive

• HOLD ON TO LOVE
• I KNOW YOU KNOW
• NO HIGHER PLACE
Sierra

• BREAK THIS HEART
Allison Durham Speer

• UNTIL WE HAVE WINGS
Randy Stonehill

• I CRY
Russ Taff

• HE’S ALWAYS THERE
• HIS STRENGTH IS PERFECT
• GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS
CeCe Winans

• MAY I BE HIS LOVE
• I WILL CHOOSE CHRIST
• MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS
• FAITHFUL TO ME
Kathy Troccoli

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An overview of Christian music in the 80s, including albums, artists, and song titles, and a timeline of significant events in Christian music in the 80s.

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• timeline of events in ‘90s Christian music.
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1990

• Point of Grace is formed.

• Cliff Richard’s single, “Saviour’s Day”, is a number 1 Christmas hit in the UK.

1991

• Kathy Troccoli ’s “Everything Changes” makes the mainstream adult contemporary music charts.

• Amy Grant ’s “Baby, Baby” and “That’s What Love Is For” are pop music hits.

1991

• Music publisher Buddy Killen and business associate John Lindahl buy the Lexicon Music catalog from Bob MacKenzie and form Bud-John Songs, Inc. Lexicon Music was originally owned by Ralph Carmichael and includes many of his compositions.

1992

• Michael W. Smith ’s “I Will Be Here For You” is a big crossover hit on the mainstream adult contemporary music charts.

• EMI, one of the largest music companies in the world, acquires Sparrow Records and forms the EMI Christian Music Group .

1992

• Word Inc. is sold by ABC/Capital Cities to Thomas Nelson.

• Michael English wins a Dove award for new artist of the year.

1993

• Songwriter and producer Wes Farrell’s Music Entertainment Group (MEG) purchases The Benson Music Group.

1994

• Ralph Carmichael , generally regarded as the father of what is now known as contemporary Christian music, returns full-circle back to the big band sounds he first experimented with a half century ago.

1994

• Jaci Velasquez ’s debut album, Heavenly Place , is released.

• Brentwood Music is purchased by New York-based Zomba Music Group.

1994

• Michael English wins 4 Dove awards, then confesses to having an extramarital affair and returns the awards.

• Sandi Patty announces she is getting a divorce.

1995

Cliff Richard is knighted by the Queen for ‘service to charity.’

1996

• Rocketown Records is founded as an “independent label that won’t play by the modern music business rules” by Michael W. Smith and Don Donahue.

1997

• Bob Carlisle ’s “Butterfly Kisses” is a big hit on both the Christian and mainstream charts.

1997

• Rich Mullins dies in a one-vehicle highway traffic accident enroute to a benefit concert.

1997

• Gaylord Entertainment purchases Word ’s music businesses from Thomas Nelson for $120 million.

• Benson Music is purchased by Zomba after Wes Farrell ’s death from cancer in 1996.

• Reunion Records is purchased by Zomba.

The Provident Music Group is formed as an umbrella for Zomba’s Christian labels.

1998

• Michael English returns to Christian music with a new album.

1999

• Amy Grant divorces Gary Chapman.

1999

• Cliff Richard ’s Millennium Prayer, which combines the words of the Lord’s Prayer with the melody of Auld Lang Syne, is the number 1 single in sales for 3 weeks in December in the UK despite being rejected for air play by many British radio stations.