diff --git a/server/api/themoviedb/personMapper.ts b/server/api/themoviedb/personMapper.ts
index d0438e6c..9ee5f930 100644
--- a/server/api/themoviedb/personMapper.ts
+++ b/server/api/themoviedb/personMapper.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class TmdbPersonMapper extends ExternalAPI {
       const cleanArtistName = artistName
         .split(/(?:(?:feat|ft)\.?\s+|&\s*|,\s+)/i)[0]
         .trim()
-        .replace(/['']/g, "'");
+        .replace(/['′']/g, "'");
 
       const searchResults = await this.get<TmdbSearchPersonResponse>(
         '/search/person',
@@ -151,22 +151,19 @@ class TmdbPersonMapper extends ExternalAPI {
         this.CACHE_TTL
       );
 
-      const exactMatches = searchResults.results.filter((person) => {
-        const normalizedPersonName = person.name
+      const normalizeName = (name: string): string => {
+        return name
           .toLowerCase()
           .normalize('NFKD')
           .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, '')
-          .replace(/['']/g, "'")
+          .replace(/['′']/g, "'")
           .replace(/[^a-z0-9\s]/g, '')
           .trim();
+      };
 
-        const normalizedArtistName = cleanArtistName
-          .toLowerCase()
-          .normalize('NFKD')
-          .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, '')
-          .replace(/['']/g, "'")
-          .replace(/[^a-z0-9\s]/g, '')
-          .trim();
+      const exactMatches = searchResults.results.filter((person) => {
+        const normalizedPersonName = normalizeName(person.name);
+        const normalizedArtistName = normalizeName(cleanArtistName);
 
         return normalizedPersonName === normalizedArtistName;
       });