Chris Christian
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Chris Christian is a songwriter, a publishing company executive, a recording engineer, a record producer, and a record label executive, best known as the owner of Home Sweet Home Records. Throughout his career, albums owned or produced by Christian have been nominated for nine Grammy awards. Four of those nominations won Grammys. He has also been nominated for seven Gospel Music Dove Awards as a music producer, publisher and songwriter. He has won five of those nominations.
Christian began his career in music in the 1970s as a performer based in Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1976, Christian established Bug and Bear Music, a publishing company that was primarily set up for the Amy Grant song catalog. Other artists that have went on to use Bug and Bear include Brown Bannister, White Heart and Olivia Newton-John.
Christian started Home Sweet Home Records in 1981 in Nashville, Tennessee. The label went on to release 65 albums from artists including Dan Peek, White Heart, B.J. Thomas, and five albums for Mark Heard.
In 1992 Christian acquired The Studios at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. The Studios have been used by film makers to make such films as JFK, RoboCop, Leap of Faith. The Studios have also been the home to many music videos and rehearsals by major recording artists such as Garth Brooks, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Genesis, ZZ Top, Phil Collins, and many more. Christian also started the LCS Music Group, Inc., which is now the holding company for music companies such as Bug and Bear Music and Home Sweet Home Records.
Christian is currently ceo of World Digital Media Group, a content entertainment company created by RadioShack, Dish Network, and CC Entertainment. YMC records, the recording division of WDMG is distributed by Universal. YMCTV is the TV network of WDMG and can be seen at www.ymctv.com.
WDMG and Home Sweet Home Records are both based in Dallas, Texas.