Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group.
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18 Facts About Virgin Records
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The name Virgin Records, according to Branson, arose from Tessa Watts, a colleague of his, when they were brainstorming business ideas.
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Virgin Records's suggested Virgin – as they were all new to business – like "virgins".
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The original Virgin Records 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 Records" in Dean's familiar script.
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Capitol Records and Virgin Records America merged in 2007 to form Capitol Music Group after a massive restructuring of EMI Group Ltd.
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Virgin Records label was distributed in the US by Atlantic from 1973 to 1975.
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Some records had a small Virgin logo added to the regular company design on the label.
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In 1978, Virgin set up US operations first in New York on Perry Street, with distribution from Atlantic Records.
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Virgin Records soon moved operations to New Jersey along with a short-lived subdivision called Virgin International, handled by independent New Jersey-based distributor Jem Records.
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Virgin Records International issued albums by some of Virgin Records's reggae artists, including Gregory Isaacs.
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In 1996, Virgin 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 Records to allocate about $25 million in video production, marketing and promotion costs – a much larger sum than most deals.
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Virgin Records America was founded by the executive team of Jordan Harris, Jeff Ayeroff and Phil Quartararo.
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In 1975, distribution transferred to Columbia, but the following year distribution was transferred again to Polydor Virgin Records, and issued a different and larger selection of records from what was being issued in the US.
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From this time onward, Virgin Records 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 Records was acquired internationally.
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