diff --git a/backend/lib/metadata.js b/backend/lib/metadata.js
index 57e5f95..502b027 100644
--- a/backend/lib/metadata.js
+++ b/backend/lib/metadata.js
@@ -103,21 +103,25 @@ async function lookupItunesTrackMeta(artist, title) {
     const normA     = (artist || '').toLowerCase().trim();
     // Split by space OR comma/semicolon/slash so "VXLLAIN, iGRES" → "vxllain" not "vxllain,"
     const firstWord = s => (s || '').toLowerCase().split(/[\s,;/]/)[0];
-    const match  = results.find(t =>
+    // Prefer strict match (title + first-word artist), fall back to title-only.
+    // Title-only fallback handles cases where kuromoji gave a wrong artist romanization
+    // (e.g. "Terui Jun Sei" vs iTunes "Yoshimasa Terui" — different first word).
+    const match = results.find(t =>
       normalizeTitle(t.trackName) === normT &&
       firstWord(t.artistName) === firstWord(normA)
-    );
+    ) || results.find(t => normalizeTitle(t.trackName) === normT);
     if (!match) return {};
     return {
-      album:       match.collectionName || '',
-      year:        match.releaseDate ? new Date(match.releaseDate).getFullYear() : undefined,
-      trackNum:    match.trackNumber   || undefined,
-      totalTracks: match.trackCount    || undefined,
-      discNum:     match.discNumber    || undefined,
-      discTotal:   match.discCount     || undefined,
-      genre:       match.primaryGenreName || undefined,
-      artworkUrl:  (match.artworkUrl100 || '').replace('100x100bb', '1000x1000bb'),
-      durationMs:  match.trackTimeMillis  || undefined,
+      album:            match.collectionName || '',
+      year:             match.releaseDate ? new Date(match.releaseDate).getFullYear() : undefined,
+      trackNum:         match.trackNumber   || undefined,
+      totalTracks:      match.trackCount    || undefined,
+      discNum:          match.discNumber    || undefined,
+      discTotal:        match.discCount     || undefined,
+      genre:            match.primaryGenreName || undefined,
+      artworkUrl:       (match.artworkUrl100 || '').replace('100x100bb', '1000x1000bb'),
+      durationMs:       match.trackTimeMillis  || undefined,
+      itunesArtistName: match.artistName       || undefined,
     };
   } catch { return {}; }
 }
diff --git a/backend/novasonic-server.js b/backend/novasonic-server.js
index ef19e11..306c31f 100644
--- a/backend/novasonic-server.js
+++ b/backend/novasonic-server.js
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@ app.post('/api/download', async (req, res) => {
         } else {
           log(jobId, `📋 Album aus Spotify: "${meta.album}"`);
         }
-        const result = await downloadTrack({ jobId, artist, title, ...meta, sourceUrl: sourceUrl || sp.sourceUrl || undefined });
+        const finalArtist = meta.itunesArtistName || artist;
+        const result = await downloadTrack({ jobId, artist: finalArtist, title, ...meta, sourceUrl: sourceUrl || sp.sourceUrl || undefined });
         if (result?.skipped) {
           updateJob(jobId, { status: 'done', progress: 100, message: 'Bereits vorhanden – übersprungen', skipped: true });
         } else {
@@ -438,10 +439,11 @@ app.post('/api/download', async (req, res) => {
               log(jobId, `📋 iTunes: "${trackArtist} – ${trackTitle}"`);
               itunes = await lookupItunesTrackMeta(searchArtist, trackTitle);
             }
+            const resolvedArtist = itunes.itunesArtistName || trackArtist;
             return downloadTrack({
               jobId,
-              artist:      trackArtist,
-              albumArtist: trackArtist,
+              artist:      resolvedArtist,
+              albumArtist: resolvedArtist,
               title:       trackTitle,
               album:       itunes.album       || track.collectionName || track.album || '',
               year:        itunes.year        || (track.releaseDate ? new Date(track.releaseDate).getFullYear() : undefined) || track.year,
diff --git a/src/spotify.js b/src/spotify.js
index 1aa88f7..70220ba 100644
--- a/src/spotify.js
+++ b/src/spotify.js
@@ -295,10 +295,8 @@ async function _loadSpotifyTrackArtwork(tracks, listEl) {
         if (match.trackExplicitness)  t.trackExplicitness  = match.trackExplicitness;
         if (match.previewUrl)         t.previewUrl         = match.previewUrl;
         if (match.trackTimeMillis)    t.durationMs         = match.trackTimeMillis;
-        // Use iTunes canonical English/romaji names — more accurate than Spotify (which may use Japanese)
-        if (match.artistName)         t.artistName         = match.artistName;
-        const JP_RE = /[぀-ヿ一-鿿]/;
-        if (JP_RE.test(t.trackName) && match.trackName) t.trackName = match.trackName;
+        // Use iTunes canonical English/romaji artist name (Spotify may have Japanese or wrong order)
+        if (match.artistName) t.artistName = match.artistName;
         if (window._spotifyResolved?.tracks?.[idx]) Object.assign(window._spotifyResolved.tracks[idx], t);
         const url = match.artworkUrl100 || match.artworkUrl60 || '';
         if (url) _setArt(artEls[idx], url);