The name Virgin Music, according to Branson, arose from Tessa Watts, a colleague of his, when they were brainstorming business ideas.
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14 Facts About Virgin Music
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Virgin Music suggested Virgin – as they were all new to business – like "virgins".
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The original Virgin Music logo was designed by English artist and illustrator Roger Dean: a young naked woman in mirror image with a large long-tailed lizard and the word "Virgin Music" in Dean's familiar script.
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In 1997, Virgin absorbed the remainder of EMI USA, which earlier consolidated EMI America Records and Manhattan Records, with Capitol Records acquiring EMI's other American operations, and in 1998, opened a country music division called Virgin Records Nashville, of which record producer Scott Hendricks was president.
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Virgin Music label was distributed in the US by Atlantic from 1973 to 1975.
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Some records had a small Virgin Music logo added to the regular company design on the label.
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In 1978, Virgin Music set up US operations first in New York on Perry Street, with distribution from Atlantic Records.
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Virgin Music International issued albums by some of Virgin Music's reggae artists, including Gregory Isaacs.
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In 1986, Virgin Music Records opened up another American division, Virgin Music Records America.
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In 1996, Virgin Music Records offered Janet Jackson one of the best and highest deals at the time estimating an $80 million dollar deal.
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The agreement required Virgin Music to allocate about $25 million in video production, marketing and promotion costs – a much larger sum than most deals.
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From this time onward, Virgin Music Canada used unique label designs not seen in other countries: a red label with five horizontal bars across the top and an extra-large "scrawl" logo from 1983 to 1985, followed by a purple label with round logo up to 1992 when Virgin Music was acquired internationally.
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Virgin Music was renamed BMG VM Music, while Famous Music became BMG FM Music.
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