Record label as artist

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Asking here because I didn’t get an answer on IRC.

There are quite a few cases among Japanese albums in MusicBrainz where the record label has been marked as the artist on compilation albums.

For example, there’s a a record label called MEGAREX that makes series of compilation albums.
SPD GAR series by MEGAREX has Various Artists marked as artist: SPD GAR - MusicBrainz
But FÜGENE series has MEGAREX as artist: FÜGENE - MusicBrainz

Label has been marked as artist on Miraichaya / 未来茶屋 albums by Miraicha Records: Release “未来茶屋 vol.0” by 未来茶レコード - MusicBrainz

And on A Taste For Emotion by Emoism Records: Release “A Taste For Emotion” by Emoism Records - MusicBrainz

Should Various Artists or the record label be used as artist in these cases? Personally, I would put them all under Various Artists - I don’t see any gain in adding a separate artist for the label.

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GameChops (label) artist page
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Yes, label compilations are usually Various Artists, but on many platforms the label registers as an artist.
Such artist has no real existence, so, apart perhaps rare cases, they shouldn’t be created in MB.

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