Beach Street Records is a part of Reunion Records

Reunion Records

Reunion Records is a Christian music record label based in Brentwood, Tennessee and operating under the Provident Label Group. The label was founded in 1982 by Dan Harrell and Mike Blanton.-History:...

 under the Provident Label Group

Provident Label Group

Provident Label Group is a division of Sony Music Entertainment focusing primarily on Christian music in Franklin, Tennessee. The group handles its own physical distribution through its Provident-Integrity Distribution service...

. The label was founded in 2003 by Mark Miller, lead singer of the country band Sawyer Brown

Sawyer Brown

Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller...

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Mark Miller is credited with having "discovered" the band Casting Crowns

Casting Crowns

Casting Crowns is a Grammy Award and Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian/Christian Rock band. Casting Crowns was started in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a youth group. He now serves as a lead vocalist...

, and made the band a top priority at his new label. A college student who attended the church where Mark Hall

Mark Hall (musician)

Mark Hall, Jr. is the lead vocalist for the Georgia-based Christian rock group Casting Crowns, a seven-member group made up of all youth pastors.-Early childhood:...

 was youth pastor—Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church in Stockbridge, Georgia

Stockbridge, Georgia

Stockbridge is a city in Henry County, Georgia, United States with a population of 25,636 as of the 2010 census. It is the hometown of the multi-platinum selling alternative rock/post-grunge band Collective Soul and home to one of the youngest starting pitchers ever to play for the Atlanta Braves,...

—first brought the band to Miller's attention. The band's debut album

Casting Crowns (album)

- Charts and certifications :-Decade-end charts:...

 was released on Beach Street in 2003.

In turn, it was Mark Hall

Mark Hall (musician)

Mark Hall, Jr. is the lead vocalist for the Georgia-based Christian rock group Casting Crowns, a seven-member group made up of all youth pastors.-Early childhood:...

 of Casting Crowns who introduced Miller to the music of John Waller. Hall had met Waller at a youth rally shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and years later sent a CD of Waller's music to Miller. Waller was signed, and his debut solo album was released on Beach Street in 2007.

Mark Miller first met Kentucky singer-songwriter Josh Bates, another of the label's signings, in the late 1990s when Bates was 15 years old, and took a mentoring role for years with him before a recording was released.

Christian music star Rebecca St. James

Rebecca St. James

Rebecca St. James , is a Christian pop rock singer, songwriter, musician, author, and actor. She began performing in Australia in the late 1980s and released her first full-length studio album in 1991. In 1993 she was signed to the record label ForeFront Records and released her major label debut a...

 was signed to the label in 2010 and released her ninth studio album, I Will Praise You

I Will Praise You

I Will Praise You is the ninth studio album by Christian pop singer Rebecca St. James. The album was released on April 5, 2011 on Reunion/Beach Street/Essential Records. It was announced on January 3, 2011 via St. James' official Facebook page. The album was met with positive critical reception and...

, the following year.

Artists

• Rebecca St. James
  Rebecca St. James
  Rebecca St. James , is a Christian pop rock singer, songwriter, musician, author, and actor. She began performing in Australia in the late 1980s and released her first full-length studio album in 1991. In 1993 she was signed to the record label ForeFront Records and released her major label debut a...
  
  
• Casting Crowns
  Casting Crowns
  Casting Crowns is a Grammy Award and Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian/Christian Rock band. Casting Crowns was started in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a youth group. He now serves as a lead vocalist...
  
  
• John Waller
• Josh Bates
• Kelly Pease