EMI CMG Label Group is comprised of Sparrow Records, Forefront Records and Credential Recordings, in addition to providing A&R and marketing support for sixstepsrecords via a joint venture and licensing partnership. Balancing freedom, discipline, creativity, profitability and ministry, EMI CMG Label Group strives for excellence in artist development. The EMI CMG Label Group roster includes Chris Tomlin, Steven Curtis Chapman, TOBYMAC, Switchfoot, David Crowder* Band, Avalon, Rebecca St. James, Bethany Dillon and Shawn McDonald, among others. • With more than 120 Gold and Platinum records, EMI CMG Label Group is the market leader in contemporary Christian music. • EMI CMG Label Group Artists have received more than 20 Grammy Awards. • EMI CMG Label Group Artists have received more than 170 Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association. • EMI CMG Label Group is home to American Music Awards "Favorite Inspirational Artists" Avalon (2002) and Steven Curtis Chapman (2003). • EMI CMG Label Group named Billboard Magazine's #1 Contemporary Christian Label and Contemporary Christian Radio Label in 2004 and 2006. • Sparrow Records has been named Billboard Magazine's Top Contemporary Christian Imprint 1992-1997; 1999-2001 and again in 2003, 2004 and 2006. • sixsteps/Sparrow recording artist Chris Tomlin was named Billboard Magazine's Top Christian Adult Contemporary Artist of 2006. • Sparrow Records/Columbia artist Switchfoot was named Billboard Magazine's #1 Contemporary Christian Artist and Album of 2004. • EMI CMG Label Group was named R&R's Contemporary Christian Radio Label of the Year 2004. • Sparrow Records was named R&R's Contemporary Christian Radio Label of the Year 2004, 2005 and 2006. • Sparrow Records artist Steven Curtis Chapman received his 51st Dove Award in 2007, which is the most won by any single artist in the Award's history. • EMI CMG Label Group brought home 14 Dove Awards in 2006, making it the most Dove Awards won by the Label Group in a single year. • Forefront Records artist dcTalk holds the record for the highest debut for a Christian rock artist in Billboard's Top 200 history. • Sparrow Records earned the Gospel Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999.