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co-existed during this time. Caroline records rarely mentioned a connection with Virgin, and some UK and European Virgin albums that were distributed internationally (instead of being manufactured in each country) named Caroline as their American distributor. Some Caroline records bore the label name
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in 1984, although Ariola kept distributing and marketing Virgin's output until it was taken over by EMI in the early 1990s (which also meant the end of Virgin's independent status in the Netherlands). In the late 1990s Virgin launched the Top Notch label which became famous for its Dutch hip hop and
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in June 1992 for a reported US$ 1 billion (around £560 million) (equivalent to $ 2,171,211,762 in 2023), with a special non-competition clause that would prevent Branson from founding another recording company during the five years following the agreement (see the final paragraph in EU
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album retailed for 49p (the price of a 7" single) and as a result allowed this relatively unknown band a massive audience as the album sold over 60,000 copies and also reached number 12 in the charts, though it was later redacted its spot on the grounds of the cover price. Other early albums include
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company was created, three years before a similar move occurred in the US. From this time onward, Virgin 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
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was a budget label used from 1973 to 1977. The name and logo were later used for some American editions of Virgin records in the 1980s and 1990s. Caroline was primarily used for independent distribution until the label was reactivated in 2013. Today, Caroline Records acts as an independent label
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After modified versions of the twins label came the red, white and blue design introduced in 1975, which coincided with the height of punk and new wave. The current Virgin logo (known informally as "the scrawl") was created in 1978, commissioned by Simon Draper, then managing director of Virgin
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in Virgin Records, a new Virgin Japan company was established focused on domestic repertoire and run by Pony Canyon, the record company of Fujisankei. After EMI's purchase of Virgin in 1992, this incarnation of Virgin Japan was renamed Media Remoras, and it closed in
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was one of the main imprints of the French division of EMI, along with Virgin Music, Hostille, Blue Note France and Labels. Delabel had a publishing company and a record label, it existed until 2012 when EMI broke up, and EMI Music France was sold to
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Virgin France SA was founded in 1980 and It was the first international division of Virgin Records, in 2002 it merged with EMI Music France and continued as an imprint, until it was consolidated into EMI France, which has been renamed
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by 1980), and issued a different and larger selection of records from what was being issued in the US. Canadian editions of the Dindisc label were issued as Dindisc/Virgin. Virgin's Canadian division arranged to have Canadian artists
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imprint, now also owned by UMG, since 2012. The US operations had also taken on the name Virgin Records. A minor number of artists remained on Virgin Records America's roster, which was mostly occupied with European artists such as
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as Virgin Music Label & Artist Services, the name change was "inspired and influenced by the spirit and ethos of the iconic Virgin Records label". In September 2022, UMG consolidated Virgin Music Label & Artist Services,
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after a massive restructuring of EMI Group Ltd. Stepping down as chief executive of Capitol Records was Andy Slater, with Jason Flom, former executive of Virgin, taking the reins as chairman and CEO of the newly created company.
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On 16 June 2020, Universal rebranded Virgin EMI Records as EMI Records and named Rebecca Allen (former president of UMG's Decca label) as the label's president, with Virgin Records now operating as an imprint of latter label.
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UK has been reduced to a local Universal imprint and its artist moved to the new Virgin EMI label. In 2020, Virgin EMI was rebranded as EMI Records, but the Virgin brand will remain as an imprint of the newly rebranded
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Because business models increasingly diverged, Thorn EMI shareholders voted in favour of demerger proposals on 16 August 1996. The resulting media company became the EMI Group. In 1997, Virgin absorbed the remainder of
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for its artists, who also served as songwriters. Starting in the 1980s, Virgin Music signed songwriters from other record labels. After Virgin was acquired by EMI, the publisher was folded into
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The Virgin label was distributed in the US by Atlantic from 1973 to 1975. During this period, 14 albums were issued. All had been previously issued in the UK on Virgin, although one album,
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imports, and offering bean bags and free vegetarian food for the benefit of customers listening to the music on offer. The first real store was above a shoe shop at the
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Some of these records had a small Virgin logo added to the regular company design on the label. One of Virgin's and Epic's biggest acts of the 1980s was Culture Club.
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Records Limited. Brian Cooke of Cooke Key Associates commissioned a graphic designer to produce a stylised signature. The logo was first used on Mike Oldfield's
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acquired the Virgin and Famous publishers, and concluded the deal in May 2013. Virgin Music was renamed BMG VM Music, while Famous Music became BMG FM Music.
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The second incarnation was part of Toshiba-EMI, and had three sublabels: Virgin Domestic, Virgin Tokyo, and Virgin DCT (exclusive to releases from the band
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ruled that Sony/ATV would represent over half of all the charting hits in the United Kingdom, and required the company to auction off Virgin Music and
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The first Canadian editions were distributed by WEA, and were parallel issues of the same early 14 albums issued in the US by Virgin/Atlantic.
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among others, meaning that by the time it was sold, it was regarded as a major label, alongside other large international independents such as
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by Steve Hillage, which Columbia chose not to reissue. Virgin International also issued albums by some of Virgin's reggae artists, including
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was another 1980s AVL label, though one which became Virgin's 'strategic marketing' division making TV-advertised compilations such as
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was sometimes branded as Ten, and was part of AVL (Associated Virgin Labels Limited – a marketing company owned by Virgin Records Ltd).
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In 1975, distribution transferred to Columbia (as it had in the US), but the following year distribution was transferred again to
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was a hip hop record label that existed from 1994 to 1999. The label consisted of mostly West Coast hip hop artists such as the
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The first was founded in 1987, Virgin Japan, as a wholly owned Virgin subsidiary. In 1989, following the investment by the
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taking the place of EMI Label Services, after Virgin's former parent company EMI was purchased by Universal Music Group.
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Universal Music Group (UMG) purchased EMI in 2012, thus acquiring Virgin. UMG absorbed Virgin's UK operations to create
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rap artists. With Universal's acquisition of EMI in 2012, Virgin became part of the Universal Music Group Netherlands.
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Although Virgin was initially one of the key labels of English and European progressive rock, the 1977 signing of the
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was the company's North American operations founded in 1986. They are no longer active and were headquartered in
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After making the shop into a success, they turned their business into a fully fledged record label. The name
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The third incarnation, Virgin Music (JPN), was founded as a sublabel alongside EMI Records in 2014 by
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during its brief existence (1980–1981), after which its recordings became part of Virgin's catalogue.
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and released in August 1973. Coyne was the second artist signed to the label after Oldfield.
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signed to Dindisc in the UK as well; both artists had releases in Canada and the UK on Dindisc.
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Merger Decision IV/M202 of 27 April 1992). It now faces competition from Branson's new label:
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album in 1978 and by the Virgin Records label exclusively until gradually other parts of the
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by Kevin Coyne, was truncated from a 20-song double album to an 11-song single album.
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division, and the "Virgin Classics" name, along with "EMI Classics," disappeared.
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by Erik Larson at Inc Magazine Online, 1 November 1986, URL accessed 7 July 2011
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by Transatlantic Records at Transatlantic Records Online, accessed 2 June 2010.
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that May. Warner placed the Virgin Classics artist roster and catalogue in its
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After being acquired by Thorn EMI, Virgin launched several subsidiaries like
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GmbH was the German subsidiary of Virgin Records. It was consolidated into
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which at that time was coming under intense anti-competitive pressure from
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The Dutch branch of Virgin became independent from (then) parent company
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after they switched distribution from Virgin's sister label under EMI,
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with round logo up to 1992 when Virgin was acquired internationally.
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acquired EMI Music Publishing for $ 2.2 billion. However, the
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division called Virgin Records Nashville, of which record producer
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Capitol Records and Virgin Records America merged in 2007 to form
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acquiring EMI's other American operations, and in 1998, opened a
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Branson and Powell had initially run a small record shop called
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was created for new age and modern classical artists including
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in 1994. Noo Trybe also became the home of East Coast rappers
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In 1986, Virgin Records opened up another American division,
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in the window. Afterwards they signed other new wave groups:
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collections under the label name Virgin TV or EMI/Virgin TV.
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Soon after Virgin Records was founded, the label created a
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was founded in 1988 as part of Virgin Records. Along with
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Germany (which is now part of Universal Music Germany).
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Before its demise, Virgin Music's songwriters included
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The Brazilian division of Virgin started in 1996 by
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