diff --git a/core/agents/agents.go b/core/agents/agents.go
index 0a11297c..bb6a8c9b 100644
--- a/core/agents/agents.go
+++ b/core/agents/agents.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (a *Agents) GetSimilarArtists(ctx context.Context, id, name, mbid string, l
 	return nil, ErrNotFound
 }
 
-func (a *Agents) GetArtistImages(ctx context.Context, id, name, mbid string) ([]ExternalImage, error) {
+func (a *Agents) GetArtistImages(ctx context.Context, id, name, sortName, mbid string) ([]ExternalImage, error) {
 	switch id {
 	case consts.UnknownArtistID:
 		return nil, ErrNotFound
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func (a *Agents) GetArtistImages(ctx context.Context, id, name, mbid string) ([]
 		if !ok {
 			continue
 		}
-		images, err := agent.GetArtistImages(ctx, id, name, mbid)
+		images, err := agent.GetArtistImages(ctx, id, name, sortName, mbid)
 		if len(images) > 0 && err == nil {
 			log.Debug(ctx, "Got Images", "agent", ag.AgentName(), "artist", name, "images", images, "elapsed", time.Since(start))
 			return images, nil
diff --git a/core/agents/agents_test.go b/core/agents/agents_test.go
index 33687048..ffa3b181 100644
--- a/core/agents/agents_test.go
+++ b/core/agents/agents_test.go
@@ -152,21 +152,21 @@ var _ = Describe("Agents", func() {
 
 		Describe("GetArtistImages", func() {
 			It("returns on first match", func() {
-				Expect(ag.GetArtistImages(ctx, "123", "test", "mb123")).To(Equal([]ExternalImage{{
+				Expect(ag.GetArtistImages(ctx, "123", "test", "test", "mb123")).To(Equal([]ExternalImage{{
 					URL:  "imageUrl",
 					Size: 100,
 				}}))
-				Expect(mock.Args).To(ConsistOf("123", "test", "mb123"))
+				Expect(mock.Args).To(ConsistOf("123", "test", "test", "mb123"))
 			})
 			It("skips the agent if it returns an error", func() {
 				mock.Err = errors.New("error")
-				_, err := ag.GetArtistImages(ctx, "123", "test", "mb123")
+				_, err := ag.GetArtistImages(ctx, "123", "test", "test", "mb123")
 				Expect(err).To(MatchError("not found"))
-				Expect(mock.Args).To(ConsistOf("123", "test", "mb123"))
+				Expect(mock.Args).To(ConsistOf("123", "test", "test", "mb123"))
 			})
 			It("interrupts if the context is canceled", func() {
 				cancel()
-				_, err := ag.GetArtistImages(ctx, "123", "test", "mb123")
+				_, err := ag.GetArtistImages(ctx, "123", "test", "test", "mb123")
 				Expect(err).To(MatchError(ErrNotFound))
 				Expect(mock.Args).To(BeEmpty())
 			})
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ func (a *mockAgent) GetArtistBiography(_ context.Context, id, name, mbid string)
 	return "bio", nil
 }
 
-func (a *mockAgent) GetArtistImages(_ context.Context, id, name, mbid string) ([]ExternalImage, error) {
-	a.Args = []interface{}{id, name, mbid}
+func (a *mockAgent) GetArtistImages(_ context.Context, id, name, sortName, mbid string) ([]ExternalImage, error) {
+	a.Args = []interface{}{id, name, sortName, mbid}
 	if a.Err != nil {
 		return nil, a.Err
 	}
diff --git a/core/agents/interfaces.go b/core/agents/interfaces.go
index 00f75627..9adbc168 100644
--- a/core/agents/interfaces.go
+++ b/core/agents/interfaces.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type ArtistSimilarRetriever interface {
 }
 
 type ArtistImageRetriever interface {
-	GetArtistImages(ctx context.Context, id, name, mbid string) ([]ExternalImage, error)
+	GetArtistImages(ctx context.Context, id, name, sortName, mbid string) ([]ExternalImage, error)
 }
 
 type ArtistTopSongsRetriever interface {
diff --git a/core/agents/spotify/spotify.go b/core/agents/spotify/spotify.go
index b0b3f39b..dd29e0b0 100644
--- a/core/agents/spotify/spotify.go
+++ b/core/agents/spotify/spotify.go
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ func (s *spotifyAgent) AgentName() string {
 	return spotifyAgentName
 }
 
-func (s *spotifyAgent) GetArtistImages(ctx context.Context, id, name, mbid string) ([]agents.ExternalImage, error) {
-	a, err := s.searchArtist(ctx, name)
+func (s *spotifyAgent) GetArtistImages(ctx context.Context, id, name, sortName, mbid string) ([]agents.ExternalImage, error) {
+	a, err := s.searchArtist(ctx, name, sortName)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, model.ErrNotFound) {
 			log.Warn(ctx, "Artist not found in Spotify", "artist", name)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (s *spotifyAgent) GetArtistImages(ctx context.Context, id, name, mbid strin
 	return res, nil
 }
 
-func (s *spotifyAgent) searchArtist(ctx context.Context, name string) (*Artist, error) {
+func (s *spotifyAgent) searchArtist(ctx context.Context, name string, sortName string) (*Artist, error) {
 	artists, err := s.client.searchArtists(ctx, name, 40)
 	if err != nil || len(artists) == 0 {
 		return nil, model.ErrNotFound
@@ -79,11 +79,36 @@ func (s *spotifyAgent) searchArtist(ctx context.Context, name string) (*Artist,
 		return ai < aj
 	})
 
-	// If the first one has the same name, that's the one
-	if strings.ToLower(artists[0].Name) != name {
-		return nil, model.ErrNotFound
+	// If the first result sorted by name matches the name, return that artist (should cover most use cases with English names)
+	if strings.ToLower(artists[0].Name) == name {
+		return &artists[0], err
 	}
-	return &artists[0], err
+
+	// If matching by name doesn't work(non-Latin alphabet names), match by sortName
+	sortName = strings.ToLower(sortName)
+	sort.Slice(artists, func(i, j int) bool {
+		ai := fmt.Sprintf("%-5t-%03d-%04d", len(artists[i].Images) == 0, customMetric(strings.ToLower(artists[i].Name), sortName), 1000-artists[i].Popularity)
+		aj := fmt.Sprintf("%-5t-%03d-%04d", len(artists[j].Images) == 0, customMetric(strings.ToLower(artists[j].Name), sortName), 1000-artists[j].Popularity)
+		return ai < aj
+	})
+
+	// If the first one has a similar name to sortName, that is the one
+	if customMetric(strings.ToLower(artists[0].Name), sortName) < 1 {
+		return &artists[0], err
+	}
+	return nil, model.ErrNotFound
+}
+
+func customMetric(name string, sortName string) int {
+	// Because sortNames often have commas and have different word orders(e.g. "John Williams" -> "Williams, John", "The Beatles"->"Beatles, The"),
+	// this custom metric returns the number of letters that are different from "name" and "sortName" but irrespective of the word order
+	name = strings.ReplaceAll(name, " ", "")
+	sortName = strings.ReplaceAll(sortName, " ", "")
+	substrings := strings.Split(sortName, ",")
+	for _, ss := range substrings {
+		name = strings.Replace(name, ss, "", 1)
+	}
+	return len(name)
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/core/external_metadata.go b/core/external_metadata.go
index 33206bde..91487ddc 100644
--- a/core/external_metadata.go
+++ b/core/external_metadata.go
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ func (e *externalMetadata) callGetBiography(ctx context.Context, agent agents.Ar
 }
 
 func (e *externalMetadata) callGetImage(ctx context.Context, agent agents.ArtistImageRetriever, artist *auxArtist) {
-	images, err := agent.GetArtistImages(ctx, artist.ID, artist.Name, artist.MbzArtistID)
+	images, err := agent.GetArtistImages(ctx, artist.ID, artist.Name, artist.SortArtistName, artist.MbzArtistID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}