# Music videos with the same barcode as the albums?
**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/music-videos-with-the-same-barcode-as-the-albums/640327
**Category:** Style
**Tags:** digital-media, music-video, barcode
**Created:** [June 6, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/music-videos-with-the-same-barcode-as-the-albums/640327 "2023-06-06T21:21:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@wtfislibrious](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/wtfislibrious)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/music-videos-with-the-same-barcode-as-the-albums/640327/1 "2023-06-06T21:21:37Z")
I’ve been adding a lot of [music videos recently](https://musicbrainz.org/user/wtfislibrious/tag/music%20video/release) and while most of them have unique barcodes, I’ve found that some have the same barcodes as the album the song is from.
[Wannabe music video by ITZY](https://music.apple.com/us/music-video/wannabe/1506561721) returns 738676857498, which is the barcode of their EP [IT’Z ME](https://musicbrainz.org/release/1639fb96-d4cf-4069-8059-d502fc4ee842).
[Sneakers music video](https://music.apple.com/kr/music-video/sneakers/1635067337) returns 738676858761, the barcode of their EP [CHECKMATE](https://musicbrainz.org/release/4cac263b-b1d2-49c0-aad7-f480fdd8c72c).
and so on…
Also happens to other artists of the same label, so I’m noticing a pattern here, but I can’t tell if this is done on purpose or if it’s Apple Music messing up. Can two releases really share the same barcode even if they’re completely different? (an album vs a music video) And should I add those anyway or just ignore them?
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### Author:  [@reosarevok](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/reosarevok)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2023, 8:44am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/music-videos-with-the-same-barcode-as-the-albums/640327/2 "2023-06-07T08:44:43Z")
> [@wtfislibrious](#):
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> Can two releases really share the same barcode even if they’re completely different? (an album vs a music video)
They absolutely can in general, there’s been issues in the past where a label accidentally put out two different (physical) releases with the same barcode.
Whether the barcodes here are legit or not is a fair question, but I guess if the label has added them to the data, it’s not wrong to specify them?
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### Author:  [@IvanDobsky](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/IvanDobsky)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/music-videos-with-the-same-barcode-as-the-albums/640327/3 "2023-06-07T09:30:15Z")
Maybe this is a case that the label didn’t actually release a single, so Apple is just treating it as part of the album so the barcode isn’t blank?