ARTICLE: Max Siegel - The Gospel Music Man
October 14th, 2006 | 
Articles | Source: CMWired.com (255)
Siegel, 42, is arguably the most important exec in gospel music. In a shrinking music industry overall, Christian music is a rare bright spot: sales have soared to $700 million last year from $381 million in 1995, and gospel is the biggest slice. As president of Verity Records, Siegel has helped guide the genre through a dramatic transition from a traditional, church-based sound to spiritual messages with beats as funky and edgy as anything in the secular sphere. Verity, part of Sony/BMG’s Zomba Label Group, is now gospel’s most dominant label, with such hot acts as Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin and Fred Hammon, who rule the gospel-music charts. […read more]
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