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 Search is still a work in progress. Artists that don't show up in search may be added by searching for `lidarr:mbid` where `mbid` is the Musicbrainz ID of the artist.
 
 ### Lidarr matched an album with too many tracks. How can I change the Album to the correct Release?
-Open the Album details page and select the Edit Icon in the top nav. There you can find a dropdown of all releases tied to that Album.
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+Open the Album details page and select the Edit Icon in the top nav. There you can find a dropdown of all releases tied to that Album.
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+### I'm having trouble importing my artists, what could it be? ###
+The artist import process just imports the Artist names and path locations, which are then stored in the database so that a) metadata can be retrieved and b) downloaded content can be put in the same location in future.  To this end, the user account that Lidarr runs under needs both read and write to your data directory.
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