diff --git a/cmd/server/noop_repo.go b/cmd/server/noop_repo.go
index da51cb8..068fe68 100644
--- a/cmd/server/noop_repo.go
+++ b/cmd/server/noop_repo.go
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ func (r *noopArtistRepo) Save(ctx context.Context, artist *domain.Artist) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (r *noopArtistRepo) SaveAll(ctx context.Context, artists []domain.Artist) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 type noopAlbumRepo struct{}
 
 func (r *noopAlbumRepo) GetByID(ctx context.Context, id string) (*domain.Album, error) {
diff --git a/database/compose.yaml b/database/compose.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index defcacf..0000000
--- a/database/compose.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-services:
-  postgres:
-    image: postgres:16-alpine
-    container_name: metadata-postgres
-    environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: metadata
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: metadata
-      POSTGRES_DB: metadata
-    ports:
-      - "5432:5432"
-    volumes:
-      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-      - ./migrations:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d:ro
-      - ./postgresql.conf:/etc/postgresql/postgresql.conf:ro
-    command: postgres -c config_file=/etc/postgresql/postgresql.conf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U metadata -d metadata"]
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 5
-
-volumes:
-  postgres_data:
diff --git a/database/postgresql.conf b/database/postgresql.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index ebce120..0000000
--- a/database/postgresql.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-listen_addresses = '*'
-shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_prewarm'
-
-pg_prewarm.autoprewarm = true
-pg_prewarm.autoprewarm_interval = 300
-
-shared_buffers = 256MB
-effective_cache_size = 768MB
-work_mem = 16MB
-maintenance_work_mem = 128MB
diff --git a/database/schema.sql b/database/schema.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index d88553b..0000000
--- a/database/schema.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,192 +0,0 @@
-CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_prewarm;
-
-CREATE TABLE artists (
-    id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
-    name TEXT NOT NULL,
-    sort_name TEXT,
-    artist_type TEXT,
-    country TEXT,
-    formed_date DATE,
-    disbanded_date DATE,
-    description TEXT,
-    image_url TEXT,
-    source TEXT NOT NULL,
-    source_id TEXT,
-    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now(),
-    updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now()
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE works (
-    id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
-    title TEXT NOT NULL,
-    work_type TEXT,
-    language TEXT,
-    source TEXT NOT NULL,
-    source_id TEXT,
-    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now(),
-    updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now()
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE tracks (
-    id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
-    work_id UUID REFERENCES works(id),
-    title TEXT NOT NULL,
-    duration_ms INT,
-    isrc TEXT,
-    explicit BOOLEAN DEFAULT false,
-    source TEXT NOT NULL,
-    source_id TEXT,
-    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now(),
-    updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now()
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE labels (
-    id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
-    name TEXT NOT NULL,
-    country TEXT,
-    founded_date DATE,
-    source TEXT NOT NULL,
-    source_id TEXT,
-    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now(),
-    updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now()
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE albums (
-    id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
-    label_id UUID REFERENCES labels(id),
-    title TEXT NOT NULL,
-    album_type TEXT,
-    secondary_types TEXT[] DEFAULT '{}',
-    release_date DATE,
-    upc TEXT,
-    total_tracks INT,
-    total_discs INT DEFAULT 1,
-    cover_url TEXT,
-    source TEXT NOT NULL,
-    source_id TEXT,
-    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now(),
-    updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now()
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE genres (
-    id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
-    name TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
-    parent_id UUID REFERENCES genres(id)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE track_artists (
-    track_id UUID REFERENCES tracks(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    artist_id UUID REFERENCES artists(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    role TEXT DEFAULT 'primary',
-    position INT DEFAULT 0,
-    PRIMARY KEY (track_id, artist_id, role)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE album_artists (
-    album_id UUID REFERENCES albums(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    artist_id UUID REFERENCES artists(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    role TEXT DEFAULT 'primary',
-    position INT DEFAULT 0,
-    PRIMARY KEY (album_id, artist_id, role)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE album_tracks (
-    album_id UUID REFERENCES albums(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    track_id UUID REFERENCES tracks(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    disc_number INT DEFAULT 1,
-    track_number INT NOT NULL,
-    PRIMARY KEY (album_id, track_id)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE work_artists (
-    work_id UUID REFERENCES works(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    artist_id UUID REFERENCES artists(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    role TEXT DEFAULT 'writer',
-    PRIMARY KEY (work_id, artist_id, role)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE artist_genres (
-    artist_id UUID REFERENCES artists(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    genre_id UUID REFERENCES genres(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    PRIMARY KEY (artist_id, genre_id)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE album_genres (
-    album_id UUID REFERENCES albums(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    genre_id UUID REFERENCES genres(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    PRIMARY KEY (album_id, genre_id)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE similar_artists (
-    artist_id UUID REFERENCES artists(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    similar_artist_id UUID REFERENCES artists(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    score REAL DEFAULT 0.5,
-    PRIMARY KEY (artist_id, similar_artist_id)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE lyrics (
-    id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
-    track_id UUID REFERENCES tracks(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    content TEXT,
-    synced_content JSONB,
-    language TEXT,
-    source TEXT NOT NULL,
-    source_id TEXT,
-    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now()
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE playlists (
-    id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
-    name TEXT NOT NULL,
-    description TEXT,
-    is_public BOOLEAN DEFAULT true,
-    cover_url TEXT,
-    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now(),
-    updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now()
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE playlist_tracks (
-    playlist_id UUID REFERENCES playlists(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    track_id UUID REFERENCES tracks(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    position INT NOT NULL,
-    added_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now(),
-    PRIMARY KEY (playlist_id, track_id)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE artist_external_ids (
-    artist_id UUID REFERENCES artists(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    source TEXT NOT NULL,
-    source_id TEXT NOT NULL,
-    url TEXT,
-    fetched_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now(),
-    PRIMARY KEY (artist_id, source, source_id)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE album_external_ids (
-    album_id UUID REFERENCES albums(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    source TEXT NOT NULL,
-    source_id TEXT NOT NULL,
-    url TEXT,
-    fetched_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now(),
-    PRIMARY KEY (album_id, source, source_id)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE track_external_ids (
-    track_id UUID REFERENCES tracks(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    source TEXT NOT NULL,
-    source_id TEXT NOT NULL,
-    url TEXT,
-    fetched_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now(),
-    PRIMARY KEY (track_id, source, source_id)
-);
-
-CREATE INDEX idx_artists_name ON artists(name);
-CREATE INDEX idx_artists_source ON artists(source, source_id);
-CREATE INDEX idx_tracks_isrc ON tracks(isrc) WHERE isrc IS NOT NULL;
-CREATE INDEX idx_tracks_source ON tracks(source, source_id);
-CREATE INDEX idx_albums_upc ON albums(upc) WHERE upc IS NOT NULL;
-CREATE INDEX idx_albums_source ON albums(source, source_id);
-CREATE INDEX idx_albums_release_date ON albums(release_date);
-CREATE INDEX idx_genres_name ON genres(name);
-CREATE INDEX idx_lyrics_track_id ON lyrics(track_id);
-CREATE INDEX idx_playlist_tracks_position ON playlist_tracks(playlist_id, position);
diff --git a/internal/provider/musicbrainz/provider.go b/internal/provider/musicbrainz/provider.go
index 490a987..bda9431 100644
--- a/internal/provider/musicbrainz/provider.go
+++ b/internal/provider/musicbrainz/provider.go
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ func (p *Provider) SearchArtists(ctx context.Context, query string, limit, offse
 		limit = 25
 	}
 
-	escapedQuery := escapeQuery(query)
-	data, err := p.client.search(ctx, "artist", fmt.Sprintf("artist:%s", escapedQuery), limit, offset)
+	luceneQuery := buildFuzzyArtistQuery(query, 0.7)
+	data, err := p.client.search(ctx, "artist", luceneQuery, limit, offset)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("search artists: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -311,6 +311,31 @@ func selectCanonicalRelease(releases []*mbRelease) *mbRelease {
 	return best
 }
 
+func buildFuzzyArtistQuery(query string, similarity float64) string {
+	terms := strings.Fields(query)
+	if len(terms) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	var parts []string
+	for _, term := range terms {
+		escaped := escapeForFuzzy(term)
+		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%s~%.1f", escaped, similarity))
+	}
+
+	termQuery := strings.Join(parts, " AND ")
+	return fmt.Sprintf("(artist:(%s) OR alias:(%s))", termQuery, termQuery)
+}
+
+func escapeForFuzzy(s string) string {
+	special := []string{`+`, `-`, `&`, `|`, `!`, `(`, `)`, `{`, `}`, `[`, `]`, `^`, `"`, `:`, `/`, `\`}
+	result := s
+	for _, char := range special {
+		result = strings.ReplaceAll(result, char, `\`+char)
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
 func escapeQuery(s string) string {
 	special := []string{`+`, `-`, `&`, `|`, `!`, `(`, `)`, `{`, `}`, `[`, `]`, `^`, `"`, `~`, `*`, `?`, `:`, `/`, `\`}
 	result := s
diff --git a/internal/repository/postgres/artist.go b/internal/repository/postgres/artist.go
index 0c0524d..3e13e86 100644
--- a/internal/repository/postgres/artist.go
+++ b/internal/repository/postgres/artist.go
@@ -60,23 +60,31 @@ func (r *ArtistRepository) GetByExternalID(ctx context.Context, source, sourceID
 }
 
 func (r *ArtistRepository) Search(ctx context.Context, query string, limit, offset int) (*domain.SearchResult[domain.Artist], error) {
-	countQuery := `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM artists WHERE name ILIKE $1`
+	// Use pg_trgm similarity for fuzzy matching with a threshold of 0.3
+	// Combined with ILIKE for substring matches
+	countQuery := `
+		SELECT COUNT(*) FROM artists 
+		WHERE name ILIKE $1 OR similarity(lower(name), lower($2)) > 0.3`
 	searchQuery := `
 		SELECT id, name, sort_name, artist_type, country, formed_date, disbanded_date, 
-		       description, image_url, source, source_id
+		       description, image_url, source, source_id,
+		       GREATEST(
+		           similarity(lower(name), lower($2)),
+		           CASE WHEN name ILIKE $1 THEN 0.5 ELSE 0 END
+		       ) as score
 		FROM artists
-		WHERE name ILIKE $1
-		ORDER BY name
-		LIMIT $2 OFFSET $3`
+		WHERE name ILIKE $1 OR similarity(lower(name), lower($2)) > 0.3
+		ORDER BY score DESC, name
+		LIMIT $3 OFFSET $4`
 
 	pattern := "%" + query + "%"
 
 	var total int
-	if err := r.pool.QueryRow(ctx, countQuery, pattern).Scan(&total); err != nil {
+	if err := r.pool.QueryRow(ctx, countQuery, pattern, query).Scan(&total); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	rows, err := r.pool.Query(ctx, searchQuery, pattern, limit, offset)
+	rows, err := r.pool.Query(ctx, searchQuery, pattern, query, limit, offset)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -84,7 +92,7 @@ func (r *ArtistRepository) Search(ctx context.Context, query string, limit, offs
 
 	var artists []domain.Artist
 	for rows.Next() {
-		artist, err := r.scanArtistFromRow(rows)
+		artist, err := r.scanArtistFromRowWithScore(rows)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -152,20 +160,79 @@ func (r *ArtistRepository) Save(ctx context.Context, artist *domain.Artist) erro
 	return tx.Commit(ctx)
 }
 
+func (r *ArtistRepository) SaveAll(ctx context.Context, artists []domain.Artist) error {
+	if len(artists) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	tx, err := r.pool.Begin(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer tx.Rollback(ctx)
+
+	for _, artist := range artists {
+		var source, sourceID string
+		if len(artist.ExternalIDs) > 0 {
+			source = artist.ExternalIDs[0].Source
+			sourceID = artist.ExternalIDs[0].SourceID
+		}
+
+		query := `
+			INSERT INTO artists (id, name, sort_name, artist_type, country, formed_date, 
+			                     disbanded_date, description, image_url, source, source_id)
+			VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10, $11)
+			ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE SET
+				name = EXCLUDED.name,
+				sort_name = EXCLUDED.sort_name,
+				artist_type = EXCLUDED.artist_type,
+				country = EXCLUDED.country,
+				formed_date = EXCLUDED.formed_date,
+				disbanded_date = EXCLUDED.disbanded_date,
+				description = EXCLUDED.description,
+				image_url = EXCLUDED.image_url,
+				updated_at = now()`
+
+		_, err = tx.Exec(ctx, query,
+			artist.ID, artist.Name, nullString(artist.SortName), nullString(artist.Type),
+			nullString(artist.Country), artist.FormedDate, artist.DisbandedDate,
+			nullString(artist.Description), nullString(artist.ImageURL), source, sourceID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for _, ext := range artist.ExternalIDs {
+			extQuery := `
+				INSERT INTO artist_external_ids (artist_id, source, source_id, url)
+				VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4)
+				ON CONFLICT (artist_id, source, source_id) DO UPDATE SET
+					url = EXCLUDED.url,
+					fetched_at = now()`
+
+			_, err = tx.Exec(ctx, extQuery, artist.ID, ext.Source, ext.SourceID, nullString(ext.URL))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return tx.Commit(ctx)
+}
+
 func (r *ArtistRepository) scanArtist(ctx context.Context, query string, args ...any) (*domain.Artist, error) {
 	row := r.pool.QueryRow(ctx, query, args...)
 
 	var (
-		artist       domain.Artist
-		sortName     *string
-		artistType   *string
-		country      *string
-		formedDate   *time.Time
-		disbandDate  *time.Time
-		description  *string
-		imageURL     *string
-		source       string
-		sourceID     *string
+		artist      domain.Artist
+		sortName    *string
+		artistType  *string
+		country     *string
+		formedDate  *time.Time
+		disbandDate *time.Time
+		description *string
+		imageURL    *string
+		source      string
+		sourceID    *string
 	)
 
 	err := row.Scan(
@@ -192,16 +259,16 @@ func (r *ArtistRepository) scanArtist(ctx context.Context, query string, args ..
 
 func (r *ArtistRepository) scanArtistFromRow(row pgx.Row) (*domain.Artist, error) {
 	var (
-		artist       domain.Artist
-		sortName     *string
-		artistType   *string
-		country      *string
-		formedDate   *time.Time
-		disbandDate  *time.Time
-		description  *string
-		imageURL     *string
-		source       string
-		sourceID     *string
+		artist      domain.Artist
+		sortName    *string
+		artistType  *string
+		country     *string
+		formedDate  *time.Time
+		disbandDate *time.Time
+		description *string
+		imageURL    *string
+		source      string
+		sourceID    *string
 	)
 
 	err := row.Scan(
@@ -223,6 +290,40 @@ func (r *ArtistRepository) scanArtistFromRow(row pgx.Row) (*domain.Artist, error
 	return &artist, nil
 }
 
+func (r *ArtistRepository) scanArtistFromRowWithScore(row pgx.Row) (*domain.Artist, error) {
+	var (
+		artist      domain.Artist
+		sortName    *string
+		artistType  *string
+		country     *string
+		formedDate  *time.Time
+		disbandDate *time.Time
+		description *string
+		imageURL    *string
+		source      string
+		sourceID    *string
+		score       float64
+	)
+
+	err := row.Scan(
+		&artist.ID, &artist.Name, &sortName, &artistType, &country,
+		&formedDate, &disbandDate, &description, &imageURL, &source, &sourceID, &score,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	artist.SortName = derefString(sortName)
+	artist.Type = derefString(artistType)
+	artist.Country = derefString(country)
+	artist.FormedDate = formedDate
+	artist.DisbandedDate = disbandDate
+	artist.Description = derefString(description)
+	artist.ImageURL = derefString(imageURL)
+
+	return &artist, nil
+}
+
 func (r *ArtistRepository) loadExternalIDs(ctx context.Context, artist *domain.Artist) error {
 	query := `SELECT source, source_id, url FROM artist_external_ids WHERE artist_id = $1`
 
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository.go b/internal/repository/repository.go
index 2c983a6..c91df31 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type ArtistRepository interface {
 	GetByExternalID(ctx context.Context, source, sourceID string) (*domain.Artist, error)
 	Search(ctx context.Context, query string, limit, offset int) (*domain.SearchResult[domain.Artist], error)
 	Save(ctx context.Context, artist *domain.Artist) error
+	SaveAll(ctx context.Context, artists []domain.Artist) error
 }
 
 type AlbumRepository interface {
diff --git a/internal/service/metadata.go b/internal/service/metadata.go
index c2e32c4..a0efb3b 100644
--- a/internal/service/metadata.go
+++ b/internal/service/metadata.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package service
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 
@@ -68,16 +69,119 @@ func (s *MetadataService) GetArtist(ctx context.Context, id string) (*domain.Art
 func (s *MetadataService) SearchArtists(ctx context.Context, query string, limit, offset int) (*domain.SearchResult[domain.Artist], error) {
 	log := zerolog.Ctx(ctx)
 
-	result, err := s.artists.Search(ctx, query, limit, offset)
-	if err == nil && len(result.Items) > 0 {
-		log.Debug().Int("count", len(result.Items)).Msg("artist search served from cache")
-		metrics.CacheHits.WithLabelValues("artist_search").Inc()
-		return result, nil
+	var (
+		wg       sync.WaitGroup
+		dbResult *domain.SearchResult[domain.Artist]
+		mbResult *domain.SearchResult[domain.Artist]
+		dbErr    error
+		mbErr    error
+	)
+
+	wg.Add(2)
+
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		dbResult, dbErr = s.artists.Search(ctx, query, limit, offset)
+		if dbErr == nil && len(dbResult.Items) > 0 {
+			metrics.CacheHits.WithLabelValues("artist_search").Inc()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		mbResult, mbErr = s.provider.SearchArtists(ctx, query, limit, offset)
+		if mbErr == nil && len(mbResult.Items) > 0 {
+			if saveErr := s.artists.SaveAll(ctx, mbResult.Items); saveErr != nil {
+				log.Warn().Err(saveErr).Msg("failed to cache provider search results")
+			} else {
+				log.Debug().Int("count", len(mbResult.Items)).Msg("cached provider search results")
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	if dbErr != nil {
+		log.Warn().Err(dbErr).Msg("database search failed")
+	}
+	if mbErr != nil {
+		log.Warn().Err(mbErr).Msg("provider search failed")
 	}
 
-	metrics.CacheMisses.WithLabelValues("artist_search").Inc()
-	log.Debug().Str("query", query).Str("provider", s.provider.Name()).Msg("artist search cache miss, querying provider")
-	return s.provider.SearchArtists(ctx, query, limit, offset)
+	if dbErr != nil && mbErr != nil {
+		return nil, mbErr
+	}
+
+	combined := s.deduplicateArtists(dbResult, mbResult)
+	log.Debug().
+		Int("db_count", countItems(dbResult)).
+		Int("provider_count", countItems(mbResult)).
+		Int("combined_count", len(combined.Items)).
+		Msg("artist search completed")
+
+	return combined, nil
+}
+
+func (s *MetadataService) deduplicateArtists(dbResult, mbResult *domain.SearchResult[domain.Artist]) *domain.SearchResult[domain.Artist] {
+	seen := make(map[string]bool)
+	var items []domain.Artist
+	total := 0
+
+	addArtist := func(artist domain.Artist) {
+		if artist.Type == "Other" {
+			return
+		}
+		for _, ext := range artist.ExternalIDs {
+			key := ext.Source + ":" + ext.SourceID
+			if seen[key] {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		for _, ext := range artist.ExternalIDs {
+			seen[ext.Source+":"+ext.SourceID] = true
+		}
+		items = append(items, artist)
+	}
+
+	if dbResult != nil {
+		for _, artist := range dbResult.Items {
+			addArtist(artist)
+		}
+		total = dbResult.Total
+	}
+
+	if mbResult != nil {
+		for _, artist := range mbResult.Items {
+			addArtist(artist)
+		}
+		if mbResult.Total > total {
+			total = mbResult.Total
+		}
+	}
+
+	limit := 25
+	offset := 0
+	if dbResult != nil {
+		limit = dbResult.Limit
+		offset = dbResult.Offset
+	} else if mbResult != nil {
+		limit = mbResult.Limit
+		offset = mbResult.Offset
+	}
+
+	return &domain.SearchResult[domain.Artist]{
+		Items:  items,
+		Total:  total,
+		Limit:  limit,
+		Offset: offset,
+	}
+}
+
+func countItems[T any](result *domain.SearchResult[T]) int {
+	if result == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return len(result.Items)
 }
 
 func (s *MetadataService) SearchAlbums(ctx context.Context, query string, artist string, limit, offset int) (*domain.SearchResult[domain.Album], error) {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/noop_repo_test.go b/tests/e2e/noop_repo_test.go
index 37eb4e7..a8b8e6d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/noop_repo_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/noop_repo_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ func (r *noopArtistRepo) Save(ctx context.Context, artist *domain.Artist) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (r *noopArtistRepo) SaveAll(ctx context.Context, artists []domain.Artist) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 type noopAlbumRepo struct{}
 
 func (r *noopAlbumRepo) GetByID(ctx context.Context, id string) (*domain.Album, error) {