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==Description==
==Description==


This field describes in which country a label was created. Its intent is to give an idea about the geographical origin of a label. It does not reflect in which country the label now distributes its stuff, or the country in which a corporation relocated.
This field describes in which country a label was '''created'''. Its intent is to give an idea about the geographical origin of a label. It does not reflect in which country the label now distributes its stuff, or the country in which a corporation relocated.


The country list is drawn from ISO 3166.
The country list is drawn from ISO 3166.
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* "holdings" are probably all international conglomerates (so [Worldwide] seems appropriate), unless you can actually identify the country in which such a company has been created...
* "holdings" are probably all international conglomerates (so [Worldwide] seems appropriate), unless you can actually identify the country in which such a company has been created...
* don't overlook things: labels history are complicated, long and painful :-) - be sure of "what" exactly you're documenting. In doubt, use [Unknown country].
* don't overlook things: labels history are complicated, long and painful :-) - be sure of "what" exactly you're documenting. In doubt, use [Unknown country].

Note that in some very specific cases, the country of ''creation'' doesn't hold any real value (example: when a label created in a given country rapidly relocated to another and has been known to operate mostly in the later country). In such a case, you ''may'' use the later country instead of the country of creation. This exception, though, should be used only in very specific cases, where it undisputedly makes sense, backed-up by some serious arguments, and put to vote.


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Country of origin of a Label

Description

This field describes in which country a label was created. Its intent is to give an idea about the geographical origin of a label. It does not reflect in which country the label now distributes its stuff, or the country in which a corporation relocated.

The country list is drawn from ISO 3166.

The label country data field is required when creating a new label (though you can use the special country [Unknown country]).

Additional Informations

The label country field shares a lot with other fields in MusicBrainz that use country lists (eg: ReleaseEvent), including some of its problems/limitations. For more informations, you should consult ReleaseEventStyle or the old ReleaseCountryStyle.

Identifying a label country also presents its own difficulties. To help solving these, here are a few advices:

  • company's origin country are not usually hard to find out
  • an imprint should have as a country of origin the country of origin of the company that owns it, unless the imprint was created with the idea of targeting (only) a specific region of the world, in which case it's tolerable to use that instead
  • "holdings" are probably all international conglomerates (so [Worldwide] seems appropriate), unless you can actually identify the country in which such a company has been created...
  • don't overlook things: labels history are complicated, long and painful :-) - be sure of "what" exactly you're documenting. In doubt, use [Unknown country].

Note that in some very specific cases, the country of creation doesn't hold any real value (example: when a label created in a given country rapidly relocated to another and has been known to operate mostly in the later country). In such a case, you may use the later country instead of the country of creation. This exception, though, should be used only in very specific cases, where it undisputedly makes sense, backed-up by some serious arguments, and put to vote.

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