Editing Contemporary Christian music (section)

== Growth and decline ==
Contemporary Christian album sales increased from $31 million in 1996 to $44 million in sales in 2000. After [[EMI]]'s purchase of [[Sparrow Records]] in 1996, their sales increased 100 percent by 2002.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Black |first=Beau |date=March 11, 2002 |title=CCM's growing pains: a survey of labels finds the message—if not the creativity—is intact |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/marchweb-only/36.75.html |journal=Christianity Today |publisher=Fine Arts and Music Collection |url-access=}}</ref> Overall, CCM sales in 2014 dropped to $17 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 21, 2017 |title=Who killed the contemporary Christian music industry? |url=https://theweek.com/articles/555603/who-killed-contemporary-christian-music-industry |website=The Week}}</ref>