Tessa Watts

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Tessa Watts was an English music video and music film producer. She worked with artists including Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Phil Collins, Beyoncé, INXS, and George Michael. She is best known for her work at Virgin Records, and with MTV International.

Watts' career started at Virgin Records, where she was one of the original members of the Virgin team. She has been credited as suggesting the company name Virgin - as all the company's members were "virgins" to business.

As Press Officer at the record company for bands including the Sex Pistols, her work plunged Virgin into the mainstream of the punk rock era. Soon taking over all production at Virgin Records, she commissioned over 1,500 music videos, including Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" video. "Sledgehammer" is the most awarded music video of all time, and won Best Video Awards in the UK, Europe and the USA. In 1999, it ranked at number four on MTV's 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made, and has also been declared to be MTV's number one animated video of all time. MTV later announced that it is the most played music video in the history of the station.