diff --git a/picard/const/__init__.py b/picard/const/__init__.py
index 7ca14dbff..cec1be93a 100644
--- a/picard/const/__init__.py
+++ b/picard/const/__init__.py
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ PICARD_URLS = {
 # Various Artists MBID
 VARIOUS_ARTISTS_ID = '89ad4ac3-39f7-470e-963a-56509c546377'
 
+# Artist alias types
+ALIAS_TYPE_ARTIST_NAME_ID = '894afba6-2816-3c24-8072-eadb66bd04bc'
+ALIAS_TYPE_LEGAL_NAME_ID = 'd4dcd0c0-b341-3612-a332-c0ce797b25cf'
+ALIAS_TYPE_SEARCH_HINT_ID = '1937e404-b981-3cb7-8151-4c86ebfc8d8e'
+
 # Special purpose track titles
 SILENCE_TRACK_TITLE = '[silence]'
 DATA_TRACK_TITLE = '[data track]'
diff --git a/picard/mbjson.py b/picard/mbjson.py
index e263b0e44..901f8cfd2 100644
--- a/picard/mbjson.py
+++ b/picard/mbjson.py
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ from collections import namedtuple
 
 from picard import log
 from picard.config import get_config
-from picard.const import RELEASE_FORMATS
+from picard.const import (
+    ALIAS_TYPE_ARTIST_NAME_ID,
+    ALIAS_TYPE_LEGAL_NAME_ID,
+    RELEASE_FORMATS,
+)
 from picard.util import (
     format_time,
     linear_combination_of_weights,
@@ -106,7 +110,6 @@ _RELEASE_GROUP_TO_METADATA = {
     'title': '~releasegroup',
 }
 
-
 _REPLACE_MAP = {}
 _PREFIX_ATTRS = {'guest', 'additional', 'minor', 'solo'}
 _BLANK_SPECIAL_RELTYPES = {'vocal': 'vocals'}
@@ -294,9 +297,9 @@ def _translate_artist_node(node, config=None):
                 if '_' in full_locale:
                     score = 0.4
                 root_parts.append((score, 5))
-                if alias['type'] == "Artist name":
+                if alias['type-id'] == ALIAS_TYPE_ARTIST_NAME_ID:
                     score = 0.8
-                elif alias['type'] == "Legal Name":
+                elif alias['type-id'] == ALIAS_TYPE_LEGAL_NAME_ID:
                     score = 0.5
                 else:
                     # as 2014/09/19, only Artist or Legal names should have the