diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Lidarr.Core.csproj b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Lidarr.Core.csproj
index 436a2404f..42e82a293 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Lidarr.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Lidarr.Core.csproj
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp" Version="3.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Equ" Version="2.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="MonoTorrent" Version="2.0.7" />
+    <PackageReference Include="UTF.Unknown" Version="2.5.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\NzbDrone.Common\Lidarr.Common.csproj" />
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/CueSheetService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/CueSheetService.cs
index 7517a7769..28a8f160b 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/CueSheetService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/CueSheetService.cs
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Abstractions;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles.TrackImport;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Music;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Parser;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Parser.Model;
+using UtfUnknown;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles
 {
@@ -22,13 +23,14 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles
 
     public interface ICueSheetService
     {
-        List<ImportDecision<LocalTrack>> GetImportDecisions(ref List<IFileInfo> mediaFileList, ImportDecisionMakerInfo itemInfo, ImportDecisionMakerConfig config);
+        List<ImportDecision<LocalTrack>> GetImportDecisions(ref List<IFileInfo> mediaFileList, IdentificationOverrides idOverrides, ImportDecisionMakerInfo itemInfo, ImportDecisionMakerConfig config);
     }
 
     public class CueSheetService : ICueSheetService
     {
         private readonly IParsingService _parsingService;
         private readonly IMakeImportDecision _importDecisionMaker;
+        private readonly Logger _logger;
 
         private static string _FileKey = "FILE";
         private static string _TrackKey = "TRACK";
@@ -40,13 +42,15 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles
         private static string _TitleKey = "TITLE";
 
         public CueSheetService(IParsingService parsingService,
-                               IMakeImportDecision importDecisionMaker)
+                               IMakeImportDecision importDecisionMaker,
+                               Logger logger)
         {
             _parsingService = parsingService;
             _importDecisionMaker = importDecisionMaker;
+            _logger = logger;
         }
 
-        public List<ImportDecision<LocalTrack>> GetImportDecisions(ref List<IFileInfo> mediaFileList, ImportDecisionMakerInfo itemInfo, ImportDecisionMakerConfig config)
+        public List<ImportDecision<LocalTrack>> GetImportDecisions(ref List<IFileInfo> mediaFileList, IdentificationOverrides idOverrides, ImportDecisionMakerInfo itemInfo, ImportDecisionMakerConfig config)
         {
             var decisions = new List<ImportDecision<LocalTrack>>();
             var cueFiles = mediaFileList.Where(x => x.Extension.Equals(".cue")).ToList();
@@ -60,6 +64,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles
             foreach (var cueFile in cueFiles)
             {
                 var cueSheetInfo = GetCueSheetInfo(cueFile, mediaFileList);
+                if (idOverrides != null)
+                {
+                    cueSheetInfo.IdOverrides = idOverrides;
+                }
 
                 var addedCueSheetInfo = cueSheetInfos.Find(existingCueSheetInfo => existingCueSheetInfo.CueSheet.DiscID == cueSheetInfo.CueSheet.DiscID);
                 if (addedCueSheetInfo == null)
@@ -161,7 +169,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles
             using (var fs = fileInfo.OpenRead())
             {
                 var bytes = new byte[fileInfo.Length];
-                var encoding = new UTF8Encoding(true);
+                var result = CharsetDetector.DetectFromFile(fileInfo.FullName); // or pass FileInfo
+                var encoding = result.Detected.Encoding;
+                _logger.Debug("Detected encoding {0} for {1}", encoding.WebName, fileInfo.FullName);
+
                 string content;
                 while (fs.Read(bytes, 0, bytes.Length) > 0)
                 {
@@ -369,6 +380,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles
                 return cueSheetInfo;
             }
 
+            cueSheetInfo.IdOverrides.Artist = artistFromCue;
+
             var parsedAlbumInfo = new ParsedAlbumInfo
             {
                 AlbumTitle = cueSheet.Title,
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/DiskScanService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/DiskScanService.cs
index 3504b619b..2a157d828 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/DiskScanService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/DiskScanService.cs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles
 
             var decisions = new List<ImportDecision<LocalTrack>>();
 
-            decisions.AddRange(_cueSheetService.GetImportDecisions(ref mediaFileList, itemInfo, config));
+            decisions.AddRange(_cueSheetService.GetImportDecisions(ref mediaFileList, null, itemInfo, config));
             decisions.AddRange(_importDecisionMaker.GetImportDecisions(mediaFileList, null, itemInfo, config));
 
             decisionsStopwatch.Stop();
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/TrackImport/Manual/ManualImportService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/TrackImport/Manual/ManualImportService.cs
index ad0f0f68c..37efd9a96 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/TrackImport/Manual/ManualImportService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/TrackImport/Manual/ManualImportService.cs
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles.TrackImport.Manual
                 AddNewArtists = false
             };
 
-            var decisions = _cueSheetService.GetImportDecisions(ref audioFiles, itemInfo, config);
+            var decisions = _cueSheetService.GetImportDecisions(ref audioFiles, null, itemInfo, config);
             if (!audioFiles.Empty())
             {
                 decisions.AddRange(_importDecisionMaker.GetImportDecisions(audioFiles, idOverrides, itemInfo, config));
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles.TrackImport.Manual
                     AlbumRelease = group.First().Release
                 };
 
-                var decisions = _cueSheetService.GetImportDecisions(ref audioFiles, itemInfo, config);
+                var decisions = _cueSheetService.GetImportDecisions(ref audioFiles, idOverride, itemInfo, config);
                 if (audioFiles.Count > 0)
                 {
                     decisions.AddRange(_importDecisionMaker.GetImportDecisions(audioFiles, idOverride, itemInfo, config));