Virgin Records

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company record label

Virgin Records is a major British record label, founded by Richard Branson, known for signing a wide range of influential artists across pop, rock, and alternative music.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Virgin EMI Records 1
Virgin Records (historical; later sold to EMI) 1
Virgin Records America 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf company ⓘ
record label ⓘ
brand Virgin Group ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
distribution Universal Music Group ⓘ
formerOwner EMI ⓘ
Virgin Group ⓘ
founder Nik Powell ⓘ
Richard Branson ⓘ
Simon Draper ⓘ
Tom Newman ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
rock music ⓘ
hasLogo Virgin Records logo ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
inception 1972 ⓘ
industry music industry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Europe/London ⓘ
notableArtist Culture Club ⓘ
Daft Punk ⓘ
Genesis ⓘ
Janet Jackson ⓘ
Lenny Kravitz ⓘ
Massive Attack ⓘ
Mike Oldfield ⓘ
Neneh Cherry ⓘ
Phil Collins ⓘ
Sex Pistols ⓘ
Simple Minds ⓘ
Spice Girls ⓘ
The Human League ⓘ
The Smashing Pumpkins ⓘ
notableRelease Bad Girls ⓘ
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols ⓘ
Ray of Light ⓘ
Tubular Bells ⓘ
ownedBy Universal Music Group ⓘ
parentOrganization Universal Music Group ⓘ
partOf Virgin Group ⓘ
predecessor EMI Records ⓘ
surface form: Virgin EMI Records
significantEvent acquisition by EMI in 1992 ⓘ
integration into Universal Music Group in 2012 ⓘ
subsidiary BMG Classics ⓘ
surface form: Virgin Classics

Virgin Records self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Virgin Records America
website https://www.virgin.com/music ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Culture (band) → associatedAct → Virgin Records ⓘ
V2 Records → associatedWith → Virgin Records ⓘ
Branson → founded → Virgin Records ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Branson
Richard Branson → founderOf → Virgin Records ⓘ
Again → label → Virgin Records ⓘ
David Guetta → label → Virgin Records ⓘ
Together Again → label → Virgin Records ⓘ
Virgin Group → owns → Virgin Records ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgin Records (historical; later sold to EMI)
Alizée → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
All for You → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Damita Jo → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Horace Andy → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
If → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
James Bay → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgin EMI Records
Janet Jackson → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Jay Sean → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Jermaine Dupri → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Laura Marling → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Lenny Kravitz → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Luther Vandross → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Mariah Carey → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Martine McCutcheon → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Owl City → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Peter Gabriel → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Peter Tosh → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Royal Trux → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Sid Vicious → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
That's the Way Love Goes → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
The Rolling Stones → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
The Velvet Rope → recordLabel → Virgin Records ⓘ
Virgin Records → subsidiary → Virgin Records self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgin Records America