On September 2, 2025, Capitol Christian Music Group (CCMG) organized its very first Partner Summit in Nashville, bringing together managers of artists, labels partners and industry decision -makers in order to discuss the future of Gospel and Christian music. The main objective displayed by President Brad O’Donnell was to promote collaboration and innovation in a sector in full transformation: “2025 was a key year, the Christian gender is experiencing unprecedented growth, the public widens and rejuvenates”. On the program was led by skulls led by sector leaders, including Jody Gerson (Universal Music Publishing Group), Gary Kelly (Interscope Capitol), Rodney Jerkins (Evolve Music Group) or Tim Fresset (Spotify), focused on new marketing strategies centered on the artist, the virality of short videos and radio renewal.
The major revelation of the session came from the young artist Josiah Queen, who closed the summit before the release of his first album “Mt. Zion” at Capitol: in a few months, Queen has accumulated more than 140 million streams on his singles and 344 million views on short video formats, while his single “Can’t Steal My Joy” US. With an increase of 600,000 new subscribers upstream of the launch, Josiah Queen embodies this generational renewal promoted by Capitol CMG.
The event testifies to a desire to adapt to new uses and to involve all the players in the sector (majors, platforms, radios, social networks). Founded in Nashville, CCMG is today a world leader in Christian music, bringing together flagship artists and based on strong edition, marketing and dissemination expertise.
At the end of this summit, Capitol CMG reaffirms its engine role for the Gospel-Evangelical ecosystem and prepares the field for a new generation of innovative artists and musical formats. The main significant and statistical facts are clearly attested, the information having been published on September 2, 2025 and confirmed by several referent media. Compliant article, factual information, controlled sources.
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gospelmusic.org
Musicrow.com
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