There is an artist page that’s been around in the database for a little while now for the label GameChops (artist page) (label page). They’re pretty clearly just that, as made apparent by their homepage.
I first asked in Discord and got advice that yes, GameChops shouldn’t really exist as an artist. Though, I’ve also gotten advice to make a forum post just to make sure it’s 100% greenlit, so I’m doing that here.
There’s a similar game related label-artists like Materia Collective. See also ‘label as artist’ tag). I don’t really see the point of having them as artist entities either.
The artist should get removed from all the credits, however I don’t think it should be deleted. It can be used as an honeypot for editors that don’t know about it, allowing easier edits.
You should also put a clear disambiguation so that it’s clear to not add more of those. Ex: CHOMPO - MusicBrainz
I personally don’t agree with this change, since it is used as part of the artist credit on all the streaming services (looked up Bonetrousle as an example here, but I also looked up the two releases linked above). I think this is one of the few cases I would usually add a label as an artist
Streaming services don’t have rules about what you can put into the artist field, MB does.
It’s become commonplace for videogame labels/developers to put themselves into the artist field in Spotify, but that seems like a workaround of not being able to group/browse in any other way in Spotify, rather than any kind of real ‘artist’ intent.
