diff --git a/go_backend/qobuz.go b/go_backend/qobuz.go
index 8a87cd28..2a4d35c8 100644
--- a/go_backend/qobuz.go
+++ b/go_backend/qobuz.go
@@ -479,8 +479,8 @@ func parseQobuzURL(input string) (string, string, error) {
 }
 
 func qobuzArtistsMatch(expectedArtist, foundArtist string) bool {
-	normExpected := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(expectedArtist))
-	normFound := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(foundArtist))
+	normExpected := normalizeLooseArtistName(expectedArtist)
+	normFound := normalizeLooseArtistName(foundArtist)
 
 	if normExpected == normFound {
 		return true
diff --git a/go_backend/tidal.go b/go_backend/tidal.go
index bcbca0f9..ea286f22 100644
--- a/go_backend/tidal.go
+++ b/go_backend/tidal.go
@@ -1629,8 +1629,8 @@ type TidalDownloadResult struct {
 }
 
 func artistsMatch(spotifyArtist, tidalArtist string) bool {
-	normSpotify := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(spotifyArtist))
-	normTidal := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(tidalArtist))
+	normSpotify := normalizeLooseArtistName(spotifyArtist)
+	normTidal := normalizeLooseArtistName(tidalArtist)
 
 	if normSpotify == normTidal {
 		return true
diff --git a/go_backend/title_match_utils.go b/go_backend/title_match_utils.go
index 22b0eebd..cecf462d 100644
--- a/go_backend/title_match_utils.go
+++ b/go_backend/title_match_utils.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package gobackend
 import (
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
+
+	"golang.org/x/text/unicode/norm"
 )
 
 // normalizeLooseTitle collapses separators/punctuation so titles like
@@ -33,6 +35,37 @@ func normalizeLooseTitle(title string) string {
 	return strings.Join(strings.Fields(b.String()), " ")
 }
 
+// normalizeLooseArtistName folds diacritics and common separators so artist
+// verification is resilient to variants like "Özkent" vs "Ozkent".
+func normalizeLooseArtistName(name string) string {
+	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(name))
+	if trimmed == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	decomposed := norm.NFD.String(trimmed)
+
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.Grow(len(decomposed))
+
+	for _, r := range decomposed {
+		switch {
+		case unicode.Is(unicode.Mn, r), unicode.Is(unicode.Mc, r), unicode.Is(unicode.Me, r):
+			continue
+		case unicode.IsLetter(r), unicode.IsNumber(r):
+			b.WriteRune(r)
+		case unicode.IsSpace(r):
+			b.WriteByte(' ')
+		case r == '/', r == '\\', r == '_', r == '-', r == '|', r == '.', r == '&', r == '+':
+			b.WriteByte(' ')
+		default:
+			// Drop remaining punctuation/symbols for loose artist matching.
+		}
+	}
+
+	return strings.Join(strings.Fields(b.String()), " ")
+}
+
 func hasAlphaNumericRunes(value string) bool {
 	for _, r := range value {
 		if unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsNumber(r) {