POSSIBLE MUSIC BUG: Duplicate artist entries for same artist

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Hi all,

I’m running into a weird issue with artist entries in my music library and I’m hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

Summary of the issue:

When I add some artists to Jellyfin, they appear as if they’re two separate entities in different parts of the UI.
Using The Beatles as an example:

• Under Recently Added Music, The Beatles shows up as one artist entry.
  
• Under Album Artists, The Beatles shows up as a separate artist entry.
  

These two entries don’t seem to be linked:

• If I mark Favorite Artist on one of them, it does not show up as a favorite on the other.
  
• The artist artwork is different:
  • The one under Recently Added Music has no artwork (blank).
    
  • The one under Album Artists has artwork populated correctly.
    

Paths shown in Identify:
When I go to the artist page and use Identify, I see that Jellyfin is treating them as if they live in different locations:

• For the entry that appears under Recently Added Music, the path shows as:
  
  
  Code:

  /media/music/The Beatles
  
  
• For the entry under Album Artists, the path shows as:
  
  
  Code:

  /config/metadata/artists/The Beatles
  
  

So it looks like Jellyfin is treating one as coming directly from the media path and the other from the metadata/config path.
Possible cause: sort tags in FLAC files
I suspect this may be related to the Album Artist / Artist Sort tags in my FLAC files. I’ve been editing those fields (e.g.
ALBUMARTISTSORT
,
ARTISTSORT
, etc.), and I’m wondering if that has caused Jellyfin to treat the same artist as two different entities.
What I’ve tried so far

• Running Refresh Metadata on the artist and albums
  • Including “all metadata” refresh options
    
• Browsing through Artist and Album Artist views to see if anything is obviously mis-labeled
  
• Confirmed that file paths for the FLACs themselves are correct (all under
  /media/music/The Beatles/...
  )
  

So far, none of this has resolved the duplication or linked the two entries together.
What I’m trying to achieve
Ideally, I’d like:

• Jellyfin to treat The Beatles as one single artist/album artist everywhere (Recently Added, Artists, Album Artists, etc.)
  
• One unified artist entry with consistent:
  • Favorites
    
  • Artwork
    
  • Metadata and path
    

Questions

1. Is there a recommended way to clear or ignore sort tags (Album Artist Sort / Artist Sort) so Jellyfin just uses the main artist name (“The Beatles”) consistently?
   
2. Is there a way to remove all sort information from the tags and have Jellyfin rescan so it “forgets” the old artist entity and only keeps a single one?
   
3. Is it expected behavior that Identify shows:
   • /media/music/The Beatles
     in one place and
     
   • /config/metadata/artists/The Beatles
     in another?
     

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Environment:

• Jellyfin version: 10.11.3
  
• OS: Docker
  
• Client: WebUI in Chrome
  
• Library type: Music (FLAC)
  

Any guidance on how to unify these duplicate artist entries and get Jellyfin to treat The Beatles as a single artist would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

PS:  I am adding all the albums, don't worry, I am a Beatles completist (as one should be!)