labelmate
labelmate noun: a musician or musical act signed to the same record label.
Noun
labelmate (plural labelmates)
- A musician or musical act signed to the same record label.
- She & Him’s album has sold about 26,000 copies so far, according to Nielsen SoundScan, outpacing the debut of the duo’s labelmate Arcade Fire, said Mac McCaughan, a founder of Merge and the singer for the band Superchunk.2008 April 16, Melena Ryzik, “On a New Album, Not Merely Acting Like a Singer”, in New York Times
- To be fair, he has worked with most of the acts connected with it—his Dirty Hit labelmates Pale Waves and No Rome—and to be even fairer, it should probably be called Hutchencewave for its clear debt to INXS.2018 June 6, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Laura Snapes, “50 great tracks for June from Christine and the Queens, Playboi Carti, the 1975 and more”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Forms of labelmate
| plural | labelmates |
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Origin of labelmate
From label + -mate.
Questions about labelmate
- What does labelmate mean?
- Labelmate means a musician or musical act signed to the same record label.
- What part of speech is labelmate?
- Labelmate is a noun.
- What is the plural of labelmate?
- The plural of labelmate is labelmates.
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