# What if a group changes name?

**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/what-if-a-group-changes-name/37345
**Category:** Style
**Tags:** artist-name
**Created:** [April 30, 2016, 8:51am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/what-if-a-group-changes-name/37345 "2016-04-30T08:51:33Z")
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### Author: ![sparkinson](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/sparkinson/32/2173_2.png) [@sparkinson](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/sparkinson)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/what-if-a-group-changes-name/37345/4 "2016-05-03T13:33:40Z")

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This! It would be nice if we’d get consensus on that.

For example,  
[https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3a9f0e21-5796-4f04-bd4c-3deafd59ad80](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3a9f0e21-5796-4f04-bd4c-3deafd59ad80)  
has been renamed to „Hesperion XXI“ in 2000. I consider it silly to wait until 2025…

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