search - Spotify API and Apostrophe vs Footmark

Question

Using the Spotify API, I'm doing a search for Bj?rk - I've Seen It All.

Note that my goal is to accommodate for tracks non-uniformly stored with apostrophes i’ve versus footmarks i've

In the q * field, I've entered the following:

• bj?rk "I've seen it all" (works, but only single word artists)
• "bj?rk" "I've seen it all" (works, but only single word artists)
• artist:"Bj?rk" track:"Seen it all" (works, note no I've/I’ve)
• artist:"Bj?rk" track:"I’ve seen" (fails)
• artist:"Bj?rk" track:"I've seen" (fails)
• artist:"Bj?rk" track:"i’ve seen" OR "i've seen" (definitely fails)
• artist:"Bj?rk" track:"i’ve seen"%20OR%20"i've seen" (definitely fails)

This one works, but not for Bj?rk:

• artist:"Jimmy Barnes" track:"I’ve seen it all" OR "I've seen it all"

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Another Example: Drake - Can't Take A Joke

• Can't Take A Joke (works)
• Can’t Take A Joke (works)
• "Can’t Take A Joke" OR "Can't Take A Joke" (works great!)
• track:"Can’t Take A Joke" OR "Can't Take A Joke" (works great!)
• artist:"Drake" track:"Can’t Take A Joke" OR "Can't Take A Joke" (ideal!)

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I was thinking that it could be related to the accented character in Bj?rk, however I'm still getting successful searches, but not when it's combined with the apostrophe/footmark search.

Have others experienced this difficult with the Spotify API? If you have, what process has given you consistently successful search results?

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Interesting side note:

• artist:"bj?rk" I've seen it all OR I’ve seen it all (works)
• artist:"bj?rk" "I've seen it all" OR "I’ve seen it all" (works)

However it also returns OTHER songs by that artist, so it's not strict enough.

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Similar question, but different enough where it doesn't help: Spotify Web API special characters

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65908215/spotify-api-and-apostrophe-vs-footmark

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