# BMG having 2 different labels **URL:** \ **Category:** MusicBrainz\ **Tags:** label\ **Created:** [August 7, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/bmg-having-2-different-labels/815419 "2026-08-07T22:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tigerman325](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tigerman325](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/tigerman325)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/bmg-having-2-different-labels/815419/1 "2026-08-07T22:18:38Z")
Why are the 2 BMGs separate? I know there was a time gap of several years, but having 2 different labels which have the same origins seem unnecessary. So many editors select the wrong one. I believe it’d just be easier to combine these 2. Especially since it’s just the imprints. ---
**Author:** ![yindesu](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b77776/32.png) [@yindesu](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/yindesu)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/bmg-having-2-different-labels/815419/2 "2026-08-08T00:51:52Z")
They are functionally not the same and don’t logically represent the same concept - and therefore have separate sets of relationships that won’t make sense on a merged entity. (Least importantly, their logos don’t visually look the same either.) Other examples: - [CBS](https://beta.musicbrainz.org/label/b8d33bec-92cc-40d9-bd92-4eb089b401a9) and [CBS](https://beta.musicbrainz.org/label/76ecd380-0440-44bf-a270-8badb81a41c4) - [Columbia](https://beta.musicbrainz.org/label/011d1192-6f65-45bd-85c4-0400dd45693e) and [Columbia](https://beta.musicbrainz.org/label/47692917-5bad-4c56-a352-9d7ab7648ede) - [Ariola](https://beta.musicbrainz.org/label/b6d68d43-4939-4d76-b0d7-ef855d9f3e6e) and [Ariola](https://beta.musicbrainz.org/label/a7c240bd-5d2b-4209-b772-7f66eebdbc5d) Editor error has never been a reason to merge things people can’t select correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Lotheric](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/lotheric/32/88429_2.png) [@Lotheric](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Lotheric)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/bmg-having-2-different-labels/815419/3 "2026-08-08T00:55:49Z")
![image](https://community.metabrainz.org/uploads/default/original/3X/f/7/f75162e77a54d14989ec36e430954c3c6cebca9b.png) It seems like the new BMG is not the same as the old one… ---
**Author:** ![tigerman325](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tigerman325](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/tigerman325)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 5:06am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/bmg-having-2-different-labels/815419/4 "2026-08-08T05:06:24Z")
Okay. I thought it had become Sony BMG, and then became BMG again. I know editor error isn’t a reason. Just thought since it was an imprint mainly that we could show all the parent & other label relationships. I know they look different, but we have many imprints that are the same, but go through logo changes, i.e. Elektra, Mercury, etc. ---
**Author:** ![yindesu](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b77776/32.png) [@yindesu](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/yindesu)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/bmg-having-2-different-labels/815419/5 "2026-08-08T05:56:55Z")
- CBS (1991) became Columbia - Sony BMG (excluding BMG Japan) became Sony Music Entertainment - BMG Japan became Ariola Japan ---
**Author:** ![tigerman325](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tigerman325](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/tigerman325)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/bmg-having-2-different-labels/815419/6 "2026-08-08T15:55:29Z")
Well, this is why I asked. I personally still see no issue with merging them, but obviously some do. BMG could just show it is an imprint of [Bertelsmann AG](https://musicbrainz.org/label/86d60b2d-2712-4c22-800c-ecf5327ee2f5) until 2004 and then of BMG Rights Management from 2008-present. Imprints are logos.