Hi there,

I've checked the sortname on the website for say Lily Allen, and it shows up as Allen, Lily. When I use the web service, however, it returns Lily Allen for both name and sortname:

http://musicbrainz.org/ws/1/artist/?typ ... y%20allen~

I'm not sure why the web service is returning an incorrect sortname, it used to work a few months ago...

Issue confirmed by murdos: http://forums.musicbrainz.org/viewtopic.php?id=2110