# Discogs lookup does not return result in case album name contains apostrophe

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-lookup-does-not-return-result-in-case-album-name-contains-apostrophe/49112
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [May 27, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-lookup-does-not-return-result-in-case-album-name-contains-apostrophe/49112 "2020-05-27T12:04:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![radioglyn](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/radioglyn/32/7693_2.png) [@radioglyn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/radioglyn)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-lookup-does-not-return-result-in-case-album-name-contains-apostrophe/49112/1 "2020-05-27T12:04:21Z")

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There is a bug where discogs lookup fails even though songs are in the discogs database. That is if the artist or title has punctuation symbols in it.

example - Hi-Gloss - I'm Totally Yours will fail  
but Hi-Gloss - Im Totally Yours will not fail  
note the apostrophe on i'm

strangely this isnt always the case for example human league don't you want me works. it maybe to do with the song title being an album track rather than a release.

hope this helps...

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-lookup-does-not-return-result-in-case-album-name-contains-apostrophe/49112/2 "2020-07-11T07:55:48Z")

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I've just tried using the latest Discogs Tag Sources (Album and Artist + Album) and it shows up results even if the apostrophe is used.

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-lookup-does-not-return-result-in-case-album-name-contains-apostrophe/49112/3 "2020-07-11T08:50:53Z")

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You need to try Artist + Title search to see the problem.  
But the same problem occurs on the Advanced Search on the discogs website, so it is not a bug of Mp3tag.

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-lookup-does-not-return-result-in-case-album-name-contains-apostrophe/49112/4 "2026-02-09T12:19:08Z")

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