Internationalized artist search problems #416

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opened 2026-02-20 01:02:37 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

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2026-02-20 01:02:37 -05:00

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Originally created by @rootwyrm on GitHub (Jan 31, 2019).

This is a list of artists with internationalization which return results on Musicbrainz but fail to return results on Lidarr for various reasons.

Snail's House - lidarr:lidarr:cfd45526-701e-457a-b3bd-013506a890a6

Lidarr fails search "Snail's House"
Musicbrainz succeeds with correct artist as top result
DOES import by MBID
DOES import releases correctly
MB: ’, Lidarr input box: ' - IDN apostrophe issue
LidarrAPI.Metadata #96

Yukihiro Fukotomi - lidarr:5ae575a5-3c2d-4cbb-9fe5-be806d5946ae

Lidarr fails search "Yukihiro Fukotomi"
Musicbrainz succeeds locating the correct artist by Romanized name "Yukihiro Fukotomi" (Sort Name)
Musicbrainz artist is: 福富幸宏
Lidarr SUCCEEDS with "福富幸宏"

Yasuyuki Okamura - lidarr:da3d15ea-4011-4cc7-bd73-b4192891c1d4

Lidarr fails search "Yasuyuki Okamura"
Musicbrainz succeeds with the correct artist as first result (Sort Name)
Musicbrainz artist is: 岡村靖幸
Lidarr SUCCEEDS with "岡村靖幸"

Кипелов - lidarr:76f95aaa-9be1-47a1-8db8-731cb77cf938

Lidarr fails search "Кипелов"
Musicbrainz succeeds with the correct artist as first result (Artist Name)
Musicbrainz artist is: Кипелов
Lidarr FAILS with "Кипелов"
Lidarr UUID result produces artist result "Кипелов"

Will add more as I run into them.

Originally created by @rootwyrm on GitHub (Jan 31, 2019). This is a list of artists with internationalization which return results on Musicbrainz but fail to return results on Lidarr for various reasons. [Snail's House](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cfd45526-701e-457a-b3bd-013506a890a6) - lidarr:lidarr:cfd45526-701e-457a-b3bd-013506a890a6 * Lidarr fails search "Snail's House" * Musicbrainz succeeds with correct artist as top result * DOES import by MBID * DOES import releases correctly * MB: `’`, Lidarr input box: `'` - IDN apostrophe issue * [LidarrAPI.Metadata #96](https://github.com/lidarr/LidarrAPI.Metadata/issues/96) [Yukihiro Fukotomi](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5ae575a5-3c2d-4cbb-9fe5-be806d5946ae) - lidarr:5ae575a5-3c2d-4cbb-9fe5-be806d5946ae * Lidarr fails search "Yukihiro Fukotomi" * Musicbrainz succeeds locating the correct artist by Romanized name "Yukihiro Fukotomi" (Sort Name) * Musicbrainz artist is: 福富幸宏 * Lidarr SUCCEEDS with "福富幸宏" [Yasuyuki Okamura](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/da3d15ea-4011-4cc7-bd73-b4192891c1d4) - lidarr:da3d15ea-4011-4cc7-bd73-b4192891c1d4 * Lidarr fails search "Yasuyuki Okamura" * Musicbrainz succeeds with the correct artist as first result (Sort Name) * Musicbrainz artist is: 岡村靖幸 * Lidarr SUCCEEDS with "岡村靖幸" [Кипелов](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/76f95aaa-9be1-47a1-8db8-731cb77cf938) - lidarr:76f95aaa-9be1-47a1-8db8-731cb77cf938 * Lidarr fails search "Кипелов" * Musicbrainz succeeds with the correct artist as first result (Artist Name) * Musicbrainz artist is: Кипелов * Lidarr FAILS with "Кипелов" * Lidarr UUID result produces artist result "Кипелов" Will add more as I run into them.