BNA Records, formerly known as BNA Entertainment, was a label group that shared ties with
Arista Nashville and
RCA Nashville from parent company
Sony Music Nashville, which itself is a subsidiary of
Sony Music Entertainment. Based in
Nashville, Tennessee, BNA featured country music acts on its roster. The company derived its name from the
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airport codes for
Nashville International Airport.
The label was founded by
Boomer Castleman, who sold it to
BMG Music in 1993. The first act signed was
The Remingtons
The Remingtons were an American country music group founded in 1991. They consisted of guitarists and vocalists Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, and Rick Yancey. Griffin was previously a member of the soft rock group Bread, while Mainegra and Ya ...
.
In August 2011, Sony Nashville announced a major corporate restructuring which included the merger of Columbia Nashville into BNA.
The BNA name was retired in June 2012, with the last remaining artists moving to a newly re-established Columbia Nashville.
Former artists
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Rhett Akins
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Marc Beeson
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Wade Bowen
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Shannon Brown
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Tracy Byrd
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Kenny Chesney
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Terri Clark
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Kellie Coffey
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Dale Daniel
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Jennifer Day
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Bill Engvall
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Tyler Farr
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Pat Green
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Merle Haggard
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Kim Hill
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Jesse Hunter
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Casey James
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Keith Whitley
Jackie Keith Whitley (July 1, 1954 – May 9, 1989) was an American country music singer and songwriter. During his career, Whitley released only two albums but charted 12 singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts, and 7 more after his death.
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Chris Janson
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Sarah Johns
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Jamey Johnson
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George Jones (Bandit/BNA)
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The Kentucky Headhunters
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Blaine Larsen (
Giantslayer/BNA)
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Jim Lauderdale
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Aaron Lines
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Lonestar
Lonestar (formerly known as Texassee) is an American country music group from Nashville, Tennessee. The group consists of Drew Womack (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Dean Sams (keyboards, acousti ...
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The Lost Trailers
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The Lunabelles
The Lunabelles were an American country music group consisting of sisters Olivia Arciero (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Dominique Arciero (vocals, piano, mandolin), Gabby Arciero (vocals, drums, percussion), and Alex Kline (lead guitar, Dobro, mand ...
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Mindy McCready
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Craig Morgan
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Lorrie Morgan
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K. T. Oslin
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Kellie Pickler
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Pinmonkey
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Rachel Proctor
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The Remingtons
The Remingtons were an American country music group founded in 1991. They consisted of guitarists and vocalists Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, and Rick Yancey. Griffin was previously a member of the soft rock group Bread, while Mainegra and Ya ...
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John Rich
John Rich (born January 7, 1974) is an American country music singer-songwriter. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the country music band Lonestar, in which he played bass guitar and alternated with Richie McDonald as lead vocalist. After d ...
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Tim Ryan
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Jason Sellers
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Lisa Stewart
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Doug Supernaw
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Tebey
Tebey Solomon Ottoh (born October 14, 1983), known mononymously as Tebey, is a Canadian-American country music singer and multi-genre songwriter. His debut single, "We Shook Hands (Man to Man)", hit 47 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs cha ...
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Turner Nichols
Turner Nichols was an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters Zack Turner and Tim Nichols. Signed to BNA Records in 1993, the duo recorded a self-titled debut album for the label that year, with two of that album's singles charti ...
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Ray Vega
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The Warren Brothers
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B. B. Watson
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The Wilkinsons
The Wilkinsons were a Canadian country music trio from Belleville, Ontario. Founded in 1997, the group consisted of lead singer Amanda Wilkinson, her brother Tyler Wilkinson, and their father, Steve Wilkinson. The Wilkinsons achieved success lat ...
See also
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Arista Nashville
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Columbia Records Nashville
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RCA Records Nashville
References
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Record labels based in Nashville, Tennessee
Record labels established in 1991
American country music record labels
RCA Records Music Group
Sony Music
Record labels disestablished in 2012
1991 establishments in the United States