Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian music/Sources

This page is intended to help in sourcing Christian Music articles on Wikipedia. It serves to inform users on questions about a sources credibility, and provide suggestions as a starting point for research. The following list consists of recommended sources for expanding Christian music articles about albums, songs, and artist pages that primarily or exclusively cover Christian music topics. This list is a supplement to WikiProject Albums/Sources, as most Christian artists do not receive consistent coverage in publications that are not geared specifically to a Christian audience. In addition, the list also includes book sources that contain information on Christian artists, even if that is not that book's primary focus. This list is merely a collection of suggestions, and other good sources may exist, so please help to expand this list. Questionable sources or proposals for additional sources may be discussed on the talk page. CMNexus.org is a useful resource for finding issue numbers and article titles for many of the online and print resources found here.

Includes Christian artists

 * Contemporary Musicians is a multi-volume general reference work. It covers the modern era of music, and does not leave out Christian artists, so long as they have had a measurable impact. It is published as a hardback periodical; each volume has its own ISBN in addition to the series ISSN.
 * Contemporary Musicians is a multi-volume general reference work. It covers the modern era of music, and does not leave out Christian artists, so long as they have had a measurable impact. It is published as a hardback periodical; each volume has its own ISBN in addition to the series ISSN.


 * This is an indispensable general market resource for broad information on 1980s era metal bands, though it has few full biographies.
 * This is an indispensable general market resource for broad information on 1980s era metal bands, though it has few full biographies.


 * The foremost book on the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, it includes many Christian hardcore and metal acts from the mid-90's onward.
 * The foremost book on the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, it includes many Christian hardcore and metal acts from the mid-90's onward.


 * Examines the impact of Christianity and faith on rock music.
 * Examines the impact of Christianity and faith on rock music.


 * Mean Deviation focuses on progressive and experimental metal music and associated topics. It includes profiles of artists associated with Christian metal.
 * Mean Deviation focuses on progressive and experimental metal music and associated topics. It includes profiles of artists associated with Christian metal.

Self-published
Self-published sources are generally unacceptable as references on Wikipedia. An artist's social networking site, such as Facebook or Twitter, in addition to personal blogs and forum posts, should largely be avoided. If the information being added from one of these websites is truly notable enough for inclusion, a publication will likely report about it. However, the following sources are classified as reliable self-published sources, as the authors have worked for other, reliable publications. Use of them is acceptable under the following conditions: They MUST not be used to make statements about living persons except for information about themselves. They also should only be used if no other source for the information can be found. For more details on usage of self-published sources, see WP:SPS, WP:ABOUTSELF, and WP:BLPSPS.

Not reliable

 * The Worship Community
 * Praise.com - About us does not list staff and no staff list could be found.

United States

 * Chart history

International

 * Australia
 * The Rock Across Australia (TRAA)


 * United Kingdom
 * Cross Rhythms
 * Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart