Virgin Records

Virgin Records Ltd
Parent company	Universal Music Group (2012–present); Previously; Thorn EMI (1992–1996); EMI (1996–2012); Warner Music Group (2013–present; European back catalogue except for UK);
Founded	Virgin Records Ltd.; 1972; 54 years ago; Virgin France SA; 1980; 46 years ago; Virgin Records America, Inc.; 1986; 40 years ago;
Founder	Richard Branson; Simon Draper; Nik Powell; Tom Newman;
Distributing label	EMI (United Kingdom); Virgin Music Group (US and selected territories); Universal Music Group (outside the UK, the US and selected territories);
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United Kingdom

Virgin Records is a British record label. It was started by Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. They sold it to Thorn EMI. In 2006, they came together with Capitol Records to become Capitol Music Group.

In 2013, the British Virgin Records joined Mercury Records to start a new label: Virgin EMI.

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