Michael W. Smith Amy Grant Steven Curtis Chapman Kathy Troccoli Bob Carlisle & Daughter Jaci Velasquez Carman CeCe Winans Glen Campbell Kim Boyce Larnelle Harris Sandi Patty Rich Mullins Damaris Carbaugh Steve Green Crystal Lewis Sierra Point of Grace
90s Christian Music Timeline /Overview
• some 90s Christian songs to remember
  • • 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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90s Christian music timeline


  • 1990
    • Cliff Richard has a number one Christmas hit in the UK with the single, “Saviour’s Day”.

    • Point of Grace is formed by Shelly Breen, Denise Jones, Terry Jones and Heather Payne.
    Point of Grace
  • 1991
    • Kathy Troccoli makes the mainstream adult contemporary music charts with “Everything Changes”.

    • Amy Grant is on the pop music charts with “Baby, Baby” and “That’s What Love Is For”.
  • 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.

    • Platinum Entertainment  is formed by Steve Devick  to reorganize his businesses which include CGI.
    (www.fundinguniverse.com).
  • 1991
    • Sparrow Records moves from Los Angeles to Nashville. Artists on the label include BeBe and CeCe Winans, Steven Curtis Chapman, Steve Taylor, Avalon, Michael Card and Audio Adrenaline.
  • 1992
    • Sparrow Records  is acquired by EMI.

    • Michael W. Smith has a big crossover hit on the mainstream adult contemporary music charts with “I Will Be Here For You”.
    Michael W Smith
  • 1992
    • Word Inc.  is sold by ABC/Capital Cities to publisher Thomas Nelson.

    • Michael English  wins a Dove award for new artist of the year.
  • 1993
    • Music Entertainment Group (MEG) owned by songwriter and producer Wes Farrell, purchases the Benson Music Group.

    • Light Records  in bankruptcy is purchased by Platinum Entertainment.
    (www.fundinguniverse.com).
  • 1994
    • StarSong Communications is purchased by EMI. Artists on the label include Petra, Newsboys and Twila Paris.

    • Ralph Carmichael who is regarded as a pioneer 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.
    Ralph Carmichael
  • 1994
    • Brentwood Music is purchased by New York-based Zomba Music Group.

    • Jaci Velasquez records her debut album titled Heavenly Place.
    Jaci Velasquez
  • 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.

    • EMI Christian Music Group and EMI Christian Music Publishing are formed.
  • 1995
    Cliff Richard is knighted by the Queen for ‘service to charity.’

    • Diadem Records is purchased by Benson.
    (Billboard March 15, 1997)
  • 1996
    • Reunion Records is purchased by Zomba.

    • 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.
  • 1996
    • ForeFront Records is acquired by EMI Christian Music Group. Artists on the label include Stacie Orrico, Toby Mac, Rebecca St James.
  • 1997
    • Bob Carlisle  has a really big hit on both the Christian and mainstream pop charts with “Butterfly Kisses”.
    Bob Carlisle
  • 1997
    • Rich Mullins dies in a one-vehicle highway traffic accident enroute to a benefit concert.
    Rich Mullins
  • 1997
    • Gaylord Entertainment purchases the music business division of Word from Thomas Nelson for $120 million.

    • Benson Music Group is purchased by Zomba from MEG after Wes Farrell dies from cancer in 1996.

    • Provident Music Group is formed as an umbrella for Zomba’s Christian labels.
  • 1998
    • Michael English returns to Christian music with a new album.

    • EMI Gospel is formed by EMI Christian Music Group. Artists on the label include Smokie Norful, Kierra Sheard, Bishop T.D. Jakes.
  • 1999
    • Cliff Richard has a number one hit in sales for 3 weeks in the UK with the single, Millennium Prayer, which combines the words of the Lord’s Prayer with the melody of Auld Lang Syne. The song had been rejected for air play by many British radio stations.
    Cliff Richard
  • 1999
    • Amy Grant divorces Gary Chapman.
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