labelmate

noun

la·​bel·​mate ˈlā-bəl-ˌmāt How to pronounce labelmate (audio)
: a singer or musician who records for the same company as another

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While his labelmates at Rap-A-Lot Records like Scarface and the Odd Squad were making chilling odes to the brutality of life in the worst pockets of Texas, Devin was waxing about chasing strange, pushing a busted hooptie, and burning several packs down while doing it. Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for labelmate

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First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of labelmate was in 1967

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“Labelmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labelmate. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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