# Same album sung in different languages on MusicBrainz

**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/same-album-sung-in-different-languages-on-musicbrainz/251554
**Category:** Style
**Tags:** release-group, musicbrainz
**Created:** [April 21, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/same-album-sung-in-different-languages-on-musicbrainz/251554 "2017-04-21T13:00:01Z")
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### Author: ![Fabe56](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/fabe56/32/9164_2.png) [@Fabe56](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Fabe56)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/same-album-sung-in-different-languages-on-musicbrainz/251554/25 "2019-06-16T05:56:39Z")

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> [@Voting/Auto-editor Request Thread](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/voting-auto-editor-request-thread/21591/334):
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> As this seems to be a controversial area (see [Same album sung in different languages on MusicBrainz](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/same-album-sung-in-different-languages-on-musicbrainz/251554)), it would be good to see current community stance: [https://musicbrainz.org/edit/62009521](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/62009521)[https://musicbrainz.org/edit/62009516](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/62009516)

So here we go again, from my side I mostly agree with @chabreyflint point of view.

> [@chabreyflint](#):
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> If I see a film, I would say I’ve seen this film, whatever the language. But if I buy the CD, it makes a big difference in which language the songs are sung: these are clearly performed by a different cast, and nobody would argue that different casts for opera or musical would not justify a different release group.
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> Of course we could (and should) group together film scores without (translated) songs

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