Group's contribution to a record (4)

I believe the answer is:
band
'group's' is the definition.
(band can mean a group of people)
'contribution to a record' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for band that I've seen before include "Zone; group" , "See 23" , "Pop group, perhaps" , "Players" , "Outline drawing" .)
