labelmate
noun
la·bel·mate
ˈlā-bəl-ˌmāt 
: a singer or musician who records for the same company as another
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Despite being signed to the culture-changing label Sub Pop for four albums in the 2000s, Fruit Bats never achieved the same level of acclaim as many of their labelmates, like the Shins and Sleater Kinney, and Johnson disbanded the collective at the end of its 2013 tour.
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Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
Carti will be accompanied by his Opium labelmates Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely and Homixide Gang.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Following Newark, the seven-member group will perform ahead of their senior labelmates in Fairfax, Virginia, and Fort Worth, Texas, followed by Duluth, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Oakland all marking one of K-pop’s most buzzy tours of the year.
—Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
During a recent episode of his new show ROC Solid, the Brooklyn rapper sat down with his friend and former labelmate Freeway and told a story about having to go to Miami to record music in the early 2000s.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 17 July 2025
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Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
Carti will be accompanied by his Opium labelmates Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely and Homixide Gang.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Following Newark, the seven-member group will perform ahead of their senior labelmates in Fairfax, Virginia, and Fort Worth, Texas, followed by Duluth, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Oakland all marking one of K-pop’s most buzzy tours of the year.
—Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
During a recent episode of his new show ROC Solid, the Brooklyn rapper sat down with his friend and former labelmate Freeway and told a story about having to go to Miami to record music in the early 2000s.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 17 July 2025
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“Labelmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labelmate. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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