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Alternate Artist Titles #539

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opened 2026-02-20 12:03:13 -05:00 by deekerman · 16 comments

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Originally created by @subchromat on GitHub (May 7, 2019).

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I have an artist that is a Japanese band ( マキシマムザホルモン ) that is usually called Maximum the Hormone in English. I'm not finding any downloads for it. Is there a way to make it find downloads for "Maximum the Hormone" as well? A way to specify alternate artist names would be great for alternate languages.

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Originally created by @subchromat on GitHub (May 7, 2019). ## Feature Request I have an artist that is a Japanese band ( マキシマムザホルモン ) that is usually called Maximum the Hormone in English. I'm not finding any downloads for it. Is there a way to make it find downloads for "Maximum the Hormone" as well? A way to specify alternate artist names would be great for alternate languages. [AB#424](https://dev.azure.com/Servarr/7ab38f4e-5a57-4d70-84f4-94dd9bc5d6df/_workitems/edit/424)

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@Ether009 commented on GitHub (Jun 19, 2019):

It's the same for artists like Ayumi Hamasaki. Pretty much every non English band, that are officially selling outside of their home countries, have their titles in English on basically all sites. But, many sites does the mapping during search so a search gets the right albums, but Lidarr still can't parse it because it still doesn't understand the artist names.

@Ether009 commented on GitHub (Jun 19, 2019): It's the same for artists like Ayumi Hamasaki. Pretty much every non English band, that are officially selling outside of their home countries, have their titles in English on basically all sites. But, many sites does the mapping during search so a search gets the right albums, but Lidarr still can't parse it because it still doesn't understand the artist names.

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@cjmanca commented on GitHub (Jan 27, 2022):

Could anyone look into this? It has had an open pull request for 2 years that just needs a review. It prevents 90% of foreign language artist imports right now.

@cjmanca commented on GitHub (Jan 27, 2022): Could anyone look into this? It has had an open pull request for 2 years that just needs a review. It prevents 90% of foreign language artist imports right now.

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@webxI23 commented on GitHub (Jan 27, 2022):

Hi, I see I'm not alone with that problem. I have an artist with a french name that has a " ç " character in the artist name. When I rename the files based on the artist name, the file created cannot be played in an audio player ... The fact that the artist name cannot be edited/bypassed is problematic .....

@webxI23 commented on GitHub (Jan 27, 2022): Hi, I see I'm not alone with that problem. I have an artist with a french name that has a " ç " character in the artist name. When I rename the files based on the artist name, the file created cannot be played in an audio player ... The fact that the artist name cannot be edited/bypassed is problematic .....

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@Fma15 commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2022):

I would also love for ladarr to be able to search for alternative band names.

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It would also be great if there could be alternative album titles. Lidarr show albums of a band with their Kanji names, but my tracker uses their romaji names.

@Fma15 commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2022): I would also love for ladarr to be able to search for alternative band names. --edit-- It would also be great if there could be alternative album titles. Lidarr show albums of a band with their Kanji names, but my tracker uses their romaji names.

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@gabriel-vanca commented on GitHub (Jan 11, 2023):

Any news on this? Lidarr is so difficult to use because of this.

@gabriel-vanca commented on GitHub (Jan 11, 2023): Any news on this? Lidarr is so difficult to use because of this.

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@barrelltitor commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2023):

Would be great to have this option as finding artists using their original language spelling might not get any results for quite a lot of languages,

@barrelltitor commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2023): Would be great to have this option as finding artists using their original language spelling might not get any results for quite a lot of languages,

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@MrMxyzptlk commented on GitHub (May 9, 2023):

Yup, same issue here; for example Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky is added to Lidarr by his Russian name Модест Петрович Мусоргский, so consequently none of his music can be found.

@MrMxyzptlk commented on GitHub (May 9, 2023): Yup, same issue here; for example Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky is added to Lidarr by his Russian name Модест Петрович Мусоргский, so consequently none of his music can be found.

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@gabriel-vanca commented on GitHub (May 12, 2023):

Yes, I'm also having thr same issue with that artist, and so many others.

@gabriel-vanca commented on GitHub (May 12, 2023): Yes, I'm also having thr same issue with that artist, and so many others.

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@davidfrickert commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2024):

Well it seems like this isn't going to be fixed anytime soon.

If anyone else is experiencing this issue and doesn't mind getting their hands slightly dirty, you can manually modify Lidarr's DB:

Open a terminal and change directory to Lidarr folder that contains the DB and start sqlite3 command line (install it if you don't have it).

(bash) $ cd <lidarr folder>
(bash) $ sqlite3 
sqlite> .open lidarr.db

Then just update data as needed:

sqlite> UPDATE Artists SET CleanName='Mariya Takeuchi',SortName='Mariya Takeuchi' WHERE CleanName='竹内まりや';
UPDATE ArtistMetadata SET Name='Mariya Takeuchi' WHERE Name = '竹内まりや';

You'll have to do this once per artist.
Probably not hard to script. but meh i'd just wish this wasn't an issue in the first place.

@davidfrickert commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2024): Well it seems like this isn't going to be fixed anytime soon. If anyone else is experiencing this issue and doesn't mind getting their hands slightly dirty, you can manually modify Lidarr's DB: Open a terminal and change directory to Lidarr folder that contains the DB and start sqlite3 command line (install it if you don't have it). ``` (bash) $ cd <lidarr folder> (bash) $ sqlite3 sqlite> .open lidarr.db ``` Then just update data as needed: ``` sqlite> UPDATE Artists SET CleanName='Mariya Takeuchi',SortName='Mariya Takeuchi' WHERE CleanName='竹内まりや'; UPDATE ArtistMetadata SET Name='Mariya Takeuchi' WHERE Name = '竹内まりや'; ``` You'll have to do this once per artist. Probably not hard to script. but meh i'd just wish this wasn't an issue in the first place.

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@apetresc commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2024):

That's a very intriguing suggestion @davidfrickert. Will this manual change get overridden the next time Lidarr choose to re-sync artist metadata? Or does this actually stick?

@apetresc commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2024): That's a very intriguing suggestion @davidfrickert. Will this manual change get overridden the next time Lidarr choose to re-sync artist metadata? Or does this actually stick?

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@davidfrickert commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2024):

Well I've just tried to refresh the metadata and no, it doesn't stick unfortunately, it gets overriden. meh.

@davidfrickert commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2024): Well I've just tried to refresh the metadata and no, it doesn't stick unfortunately, it gets overriden. meh.

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@subchromat commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2024):

It's been five years with no real development on this. If we can't get this, can we at least get translation in the import screen so we can go and find the albums ourselves and import them? Right now, I can't read the foreign characters to import the tracks.

@subchromat commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2024): It's been five years with no real development on this. If we can't get this, can we at least get translation in the import screen so we can go and find the albums ourselves and import them? Right now, I can't read the foreign characters to import the tracks.

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@gabriel-vanca commented on GitHub (Jul 3, 2024):

Any updates on this? Seems like vital app functionality to me.

@gabriel-vanca commented on GitHub (Jul 3, 2024): Any updates on this? Seems like vital app functionality to me.

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@trivarialthea commented on GitHub (Aug 6, 2024):

Would be great, yeah.

@trivarialthea commented on GitHub (Aug 6, 2024): Would be great, yeah.

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@gmstrowabarton commented on GitHub (Feb 19, 2025):

Really need this update with over 30+ artists in other languages in library and MusicBrainz has aliases and sort names in english available why is this almost 6 years now and no improvement.

@gmstrowabarton commented on GitHub (Feb 19, 2025): Really need this update with over 30+ artists in other languages in library and MusicBrainz has aliases and sort names in english available why is this almost 6 years now and no improvement.

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@bakerboy448 commented on GitHub (Feb 19, 2025):

Really need this update with over 30+ artists in other languages in library and MusicBrainz has aliases and sort names in english available why is this almost 6 years now and no improvement.

The primary development team is engaged in over five applications, including Lidarr, Prowlarr, Radarr, Readarr, Whisparr, and Sonarr. Currently, there is approximately one active developer contributing to these projects, with none of the contributors working on them full-time. Additionally, all members involved, whether in development or support roles, are volunteers and do not receive compensation for their contributions. Each team member balances their commitments alongside full-time jobs, family responsibilities, and other personal obligations.

As a result, the list of tasks to be completed across these projects, along with the various backends and modules, is extensive, while the available time for addressing these tasks is limited.

@bakerboy448 commented on GitHub (Feb 19, 2025): > Really need this update with over 30+ artists in other languages in library and MusicBrainz has aliases and sort names in english available why is this almost 6 years now and no improvement. The primary development team is engaged in over five applications, including Lidarr, Prowlarr, Radarr, Readarr, Whisparr, and Sonarr. Currently, there is approximately one active developer contributing to these projects, with none of the contributors working on them full-time. Additionally, all members involved, whether in development or support roles, are volunteers and do not receive compensation for their contributions. Each team member balances their commitments alongside full-time jobs, family responsibilities, and other personal obligations. As a result, the list of tasks to be completed across these projects, along with the various backends and modules, is extensive, while the available time for addressing these tasks is limited.