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I checked directly with the audiodb folks via email and they did confirm that my api key is still valid and working. I have tested it manually by issue various api calls using my api key and they all work fine and return the correct data. So I’m not sure at this point why my audiodb api key is not working correctly thru metadatautils (Meta Data and Artwork Module).

As I wrote in skin part post ...I use "ascii" key, you need to change line to remove "encode" and "decode"
​​https://github.com/kodi-community-addons/script.module.metadatautils/blob/master/lib/helpers/theaudiodb.py#L198
change in 

Code:

endpoint = 'https://www.theaudiodb.com/api/v1/json/%s/%s' % (self.api_key, endpoint)

@Angelinas Thank you very much! I was able to find the right py file in my Kodi instance and replaced that line with what you provided and it fixed the problem. I would have never found the fix on my own so THANK YOU!