Integrity Music

Integrity Media is a privately-held Christian non-charitable media company originally founded as Christian music club in 1987. It is located in Mobile, Alabama.^[1] The company has a large focus on international distribution;^[1] Its operations in Asia are managed by Integrity Asia. This company operates in about 160 countries

Labels held by the company are Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Gospel, Vertical Music and INO Records. These labels are mostly known for publishing Christian worship music.

Subdivisions

Integrity Asia

Integrity Asia [1] is a company located in Singapore which delivers Integrity Music products to Singapore, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mauritius, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand. They also sell other Integrity Music Christian albums that they do not sell in the United States.

Integrity Europe

Integrity Europe [2] is located in the UK and serves the markets of the UK and Ireland, and, through it's distributor GMI, all of mainland Europe. Within the UK, Integrity distributes the entire Integrity Music catalogue, plus that of Provident Label Group (including Verity Records, Reunion Records, Beachstreet Records and Cross Movement), Maranatha! Music, Sony Music, Time Life and Parachute Records.

History

Started in 1987 as direct-to-customer music club and became the most successfulcompany. In 1995, it became Integrity Incorporated and in 2002 changed to integrity Media to better reflect its growth and development. That same year, Integrity purchased the Nashville-based label INO Records, home to artists MercyMe, SONICFLOOd,skillet, P.O.D, Darlene Zschech, Sara Groves, CeCe Winans and The Afters among others. INO's sister branch, SRE recordings, which represented bands of the Christian Rock genre, is now part of INO

Signed artists

Paul Baloche
Israel Houghton (Israel and the New Breed)
Ron Kenoly
Don Moen (President, Integrity Music)
Paul Wilbur

References

The contents are based on the site http://www.integritymusic.com/company/company.php?target=first/body.html

^ ^a ^b Swartzendruber, Jay (2007). "Industrybeat: Moen of Many Hats". CCM Magazine. 29 (8): 22. ISSN 1524-7848. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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[CCM_29_8-1] Swartzendruber, Jay (2007). "Industrybeat: Moen of Many Hats". CCM Magazine. 29 (8): 22. ISSN 1524-7848. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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