diff --git a/plugins/lyrics/AstrawebParser.py b/plugins/lyrics/AstrawebParser.py
index b2b0d8615..bf4e4883f 100644
--- a/plugins/lyrics/AstrawebParser.py
+++ b/plugins/lyrics/AstrawebParser.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA.
 
-import urllib
+import urllib.parse
 import re
 import rb
 
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ def __init__(self, artist, title):
 		self.title = title
 		
 	def search(self, callback, *data):
-		wartist = re.sub('%20', '+', urllib.quote(self.artist))
-		wtitle = re.sub('%20', '+', urllib.quote(self.title))
+		wartist = urllib.parse.quote_plus(self.artist)
+		wtitle = urllib.parse.quote_plus(self.title)
 
 		wurl = 'http://search.lyrics.astraweb.com/?word=%s+%s' % (wartist, wtitle)
 
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def got_results (self, result, callback, *data):
 			callback (None, *data)
 			return
 
+		result = result.decode('iso-8859-1')	# no indication of anything else..
 		results = re.sub('\n', '', re.sub('\r', '', result))
 
 		if re.search('(<tr><td bgcolor="#BBBBBB".*)(More Songs &gt)', results) is not None:
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ def parse_lyrics(self, result, callback, *data):
 			callback (None, *data)
 			return
 
+		result = result.decode('iso-8859-1')
 		result = re.sub('\n', '', re.sub('\r', '', result))
 	   
 		artist_title = re.split('(<title>Lyrics: )([^<]*)', result)[2]
@@ -98,4 +100,3 @@ def parse_lyrics(self, result, callback, *data):
 		lyrics += "\n\nLyrics provided by lyrics.astraweb.com"
 
 		callback (lyrics, *data)
-
diff --git a/plugins/lyrics/DarkLyricsParser.py b/plugins/lyrics/DarkLyricsParser.py
index e9a57c561..ae179ff24 100644
--- a/plugins/lyrics/DarkLyricsParser.py
+++ b/plugins/lyrics/DarkLyricsParser.py
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ def search_artist(self, artist_page, callback, *data):
 		if artist_page is None:
 			callback (None, *data)
 			return
-		link_section = re.split ('tban.js',
-					 artist_page, 1)[1]
+		artist_page = artist_page.decode('iso-8859-1')
+		link_section = re.split ('tban.js', artist_page, 1)[1]
 		pattern_link =  '<a href="'
 		pattern_artist = '([^"]*)">*([^<]*)<'
 		links = re.split (pattern_link, link_section.lower())
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def search_song (self, songlist, callback, *data):
 		if songlist is None:
 			callback (None, *data)
 			return
+		songlist = songlist.decode('iso-8859-1')
 		# Search for all the <a>
 		# filter for those that has the artist name string_match
 		#        and for those which its content is artist string_match
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ def parse_lyrics (self, album, callback, *data):
 		if album is None:
 			callback (None, *data)
 			return
+		album = album.decode('iso-8859-1')
 		titleline = '<a name="%s">%s. %s(.*?)</a>' % \
 		    (self.titlenumber, self.titlenumber, re.escape(self.title.title()))
 		lyricmatch = re.split (titleline, album)
diff --git a/plugins/lyrics/JetlyricsParser.py b/plugins/lyrics/JetlyricsParser.py
index 95864c936..dbe3e2580 100644
--- a/plugins/lyrics/JetlyricsParser.py
+++ b/plugins/lyrics/JetlyricsParser.py
@@ -25,51 +25,53 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA.
 
 import rb
-import urllib
+import urllib.parse
 import re
 
 class JetlyricsParser (object):
-  def __init__ (self, artist, title):
-    self.artist = artist
-    self.title = title
+	def __init__ (self, artist, title):
+		self.artist = artist
+		self.title = title
 
-  def search (self, callback, *data):
-    artist = re.sub('%20', '+', urllib.quote(self.artist))
-    title = re.sub('%20', '+', urllib.quote(self.title))
-    q = title + ' - ' + artist
-    url = 'http://www.jetlyrics.com/search.php?q=%s' % (q)
-    loader = rb.Loader()
-    loader.get_url (url, self.got_results, callback, *data)
+	def search (self, callback, *data):
+		artist = urllib.parse.quote_plus(self.artist)
+		title = urllib.parse.quote_plus(self.title)
+		q = title + ' - ' + artist
+		url = 'http://www.jetlyrics.com/search.php?q=%s' % (q)
+		loader = rb.Loader()
+		loader.get_url (url, self.got_results, callback, *data)
 
-  def got_results (self, result, callback, *data):
-    if result is None:
-      callback (None, *data)
-      return
+	def got_results (self, result, callback, *data):
+		if result is None:
+			callback (None, *data)
+			return
+		result = result.decode('utf-8')
 
-    m = re.search('<a href=\'(http://jetlyrics\.com/viewlyrics\.php\?id=[0-9]*)\'>', result)
-    if m is None:
-      callback (None, *data)
-      return
+		m = re.search('<a href=\'(http://jetlyrics\.com/viewlyrics\.php\?id=[0-9]*)\'>', result)
+		if m is None:
+			callback (None, *data)
+			return
 
-    loader = rb.Loader()
-    loader.get_url (m.group(1), self.parse_lyrics, callback, *data)
+		loader = rb.Loader()
+		loader.get_url (m.group(1), self.parse_lyrics, callback, *data)
     
-  def parse_lyrics (self, result, callback, *data):
-    if result is None:
-      callback (None, *data)
-      return
+	def parse_lyrics (self, result, callback, *data):
+		if result is None:
+			callback (None, *data)
+			return
+		result = result.decode('utf-8')
 
-    lyrics = re.split ('<div id=lyricsText>', result)[1]
-    lyrics = re.split ('</div>', lyrics)[0]
+		lyrics = re.split ('<div id=lyricsText>', result)[1]
+		lyrics = re.split ('</div>', lyrics)[0]
 
-    lyrics = re.sub('<br/>', '\n', lyrics)
-    lyrics = re.sub('<br />', '\n', lyrics)
-    lyrics = re.sub('<br>', '\n', lyrics)
-    lyrics = re.sub('<noscript><a href=\'http://jetlyrics.com\'>Lyrics</a></noscript>', '', lyrics)
-    lyrics = re.sub('<a href=\'http://jetlyrics.com\'>Jet Lyrics</a>', '', lyrics)
+		lyrics = re.sub('<br/>', '\n', lyrics)
+		lyrics = re.sub('<br />', '\n', lyrics)
+		lyrics = re.sub('<br>', '\n', lyrics)
+		lyrics = re.sub('<noscript><a href=\'http://jetlyrics.com\'>Lyrics</a></noscript>', '', lyrics)
+		lyrics = re.sub('<a href=\'http://jetlyrics.com\'>Jet Lyrics</a>', '', lyrics)
 
-    lyrics = self.title + "\n\n" + lyrics
-    lyrics += "\n\nLyrics provided by jetlyrics.com"
+		lyrics = self.title + "\n\n" + lyrics
+		lyrics += "\n\nLyrics provided by jetlyrics.com"
 
-    callback (lyrics, *data)
+		callback (lyrics, *data)
 
diff --git a/plugins/lyrics/JlyricParser.py b/plugins/lyrics/JlyricParser.py
index 56f237fd8..ce1ae7b59 100644
--- a/plugins/lyrics/JlyricParser.py
+++ b/plugins/lyrics/JlyricParser.py
@@ -25,45 +25,46 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA.
 
 import rb
-import urllib
+import urllib.parse
 import re
 
 class JlyricParser (object):
-  def __init__ (self, artist, title):
-    self.artist = artist
-    self.title = title
+	def __init__ (self, artist, title):
+		self.artist = artist
+		self.title = title
 
-  def search (self, callback, *data):
-    artist = re.sub('%20', '+', urllib.quote(self.artist))
-    title = re.sub('%20', '+', urllib.quote(self.title))
-    url = 'http://j-lyric.net/index.php?kt=%s&ka=%s' % (title, artist)
-    loader = rb.Loader()
-    loader.get_url (url, self.got_results, callback, *data)
+	def search (self, callback, *data):
+		artist = urllib.parse.quote_plus(self.artist)
+		title = urllib.parse.quote_plus(self.title)
+		url = 'http://j-lyric.net/index.php?kt=%s&ka=%s' % (title, artist)
+		loader = rb.Loader()
+		loader.get_url (url, self.got_results, callback, *data)
 
-  def got_results (self, result, callback, *data):
-    if result is None:
-      callback (None, *data)
-      return
+	def got_results (self, result, callback, *data):
+		if result is None:
+			callback (None, *data)
+			return
 
-    m = re.search('<div class=\'title\'><a href=\'(/artist/[^\.]*\.html)\'>', result)
-    if m is None:
-      callback (None, *data)
-      return
+		result = result.decode('utf-8')
+		m = re.search('<div class=\'title\'><a href=\'(/artist/[^\.]*\.html)\'>', result)
+		if m is None:
+			callback (None, *data)
+			return
 
-    loader = rb.Loader()
-    loader.get_url ('http://j-lyric.net' + m.group(1), self.parse_lyrics, callback, *data)
-    
-  def parse_lyrics (self, result, callback, *data):
-    if result is None:
-      callback (None, *data)
-      return
+		loader = rb.Loader()
+		loader.get_url ('http://j-lyric.net' + m.group(1), self.parse_lyrics, callback, *data)
 
-    lyrics = re.split ('<p id=\'lyricBody\'>', result)[1]
-    lyrics = re.split ('</p>', lyrics)[0]
+	def parse_lyrics (self, result, callback, *data):
+		if result is None:
+			callback (None, *data)
+			return
 
-    lyrics = re.sub('<br />', '', lyrics)
-    lyrics = self.title + "\n\n" + lyrics
-    lyrics += "\n\nLyrics provided by j-lyric.net"
+		result = result.decode('utf-8')
+		lyrics = re.split ('<p id=\'lyricBody\'>', result)[1]
+		lyrics = re.split ('</p>', lyrics)[0]
 
-    callback (lyrics, *data)
+		lyrics = re.sub('<br />', '', lyrics)
+		lyrics = self.title + "\n\n" + lyrics
+		lyrics += "\n\nLyrics provided by j-lyric.net"
 
+		callback (lyrics, *data)
diff --git a/plugins/lyrics/LyricWikiParser.py b/plugins/lyrics/LyricWikiParser.py
index a333a9042..969e4ef69 100644
--- a/plugins/lyrics/LyricWikiParser.py
+++ b/plugins/lyrics/LyricWikiParser.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA.
 
 
-import urllib
+import urllib.parse
 import rb
 from xml.dom import minidom
 
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ def __init__(self, artist, title):
 		self.title = title
 	
 	def search(self, callback, *data):
-		artist = urllib.quote(self.artist.replace(' ', '_'))
-		title = urllib.quote(self.title.replace(' ', '_'))
+		artist = urllib.parse.quote(self.artist.replace(' ', '_'))
+		title = urllib.parse.quote(self.title.replace(' ', '_'))
 
 		htstring = 'http://lyricwiki.org/api.php?artist=%s&song=%s&fmt=text' % (artist, title)
 			
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def got_lyrics(self, result, callback, *data):
 			callback (None, *data)
 			return
 
+		result = result.decode('iso-8859-1')
 		result += "\n\nLyrics provided by lyricwiki.org"
 
 		callback (result, *data)
-
diff --git a/plugins/lyrics/LyricsParse.py b/plugins/lyrics/LyricsParse.py
index 31034387e..572255160 100644
--- a/plugins/lyrics/LyricsParse.py
+++ b/plugins/lyrics/LyricsParse.py
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA.
 
-import urllib
-import re
-
 import rb
 from gi.repository import GObject, Gio
 
diff --git a/plugins/lyrics/TerraParser.py b/plugins/lyrics/TerraParser.py
index 1d42db8f7..d1316674f 100644
--- a/plugins/lyrics/TerraParser.py
+++ b/plugins/lyrics/TerraParser.py
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA.
 
 
-import urllib
+import urllib.parse
 import rb
 import re
 import sys
 
-# Deal with html entitys and utf-8
+# Deal with html entities and utf-8
 # code taken from django/utils/text.py
 
 from html.entities import name2codepoint
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ def _replace_entity(match):
 				c = int(text[1:], 16)
 			else:
 				c = int(text)
-			return unichr(c)
+			return chr(c)
 		except ValueError:
 			return match.group(0)
 	else:
 		try:
-			return unichr(name2codepoint[text])
+			return chr(name2codepoint[text])
 		except (ValueError, KeyError):
 			return match.group(0)
 
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ def __init__(self, artist, title):
 		self.title = title
 
 	def search(self, callback, *data):
-		path = 'http://letras.terra.com.br/'
+		path = 'http://letras.mus.br/'
 
-		artist = urllib.quote(self.artist)
-		title = urllib.quote(self.title)
-		join = urllib.quote(' - ')
+		artist = urllib.parse.quote(self.artist)
+		title = urllib.parse.quote(self.title)
+		join = urllib.parse.quote(' - ')
 
 		wurl = 'winamp.php?t=%s%s%s' % (artist, join, title)
 		print("search URL: " + wurl)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def got_lyrics(self, result, callback, *data):
 			return
 
 		if result is not None:
-			result = result.decode('iso-8859-1').encode('UTF-8')
+			result = result.decode('utf-8')
 			if re.search('M&uacute;sica n&atilde;o encontrada', result):
 				print("not found")
 				callback (None, *data)
@@ -107,6 +107,5 @@ def parse_lyrics(self, source):
 		lyrics = re.sub('<[Bb][Rr]/>', '', lyrics)
 
 		lyrics = unescape_entities(artistitle) + "\n" + unescape_entities(lyrics)
-		lyrics += "\n\nEsta letra foi disponibilizada pelo site\nhttp://letras.terra.com.br"
-
+		lyrics += "\n\nEsta letra foi disponibilizada pelo site\nhttp://letras.mus.br"
 		return lyrics
diff --git a/plugins/lyrics/WinampcnParser.py b/plugins/lyrics/WinampcnParser.py
index 4f9a546b4..216e89dfb 100644
--- a/plugins/lyrics/WinampcnParser.py
+++ b/plugins/lyrics/WinampcnParser.py
@@ -25,20 +25,11 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA.
 
 import sys
-import urllib
+import urllib.parse
 import re
 import rb
 from xml.dom import minidom
 
-def detect_charset(s):
-	charsets = ('iso-8859-1', 'gbk', 'utf-8')
-	for charset in charsets:
-		try:
-			return unicode(unicode(s, 'utf-8').encode(charset), 'gbk')
-		except:
-			continue
-	return s
-
 class WinampcnParser(object):
 	def __init__(self, artist, title):
 		self.artist = artist
@@ -47,8 +38,8 @@ def __init__(self, artist, title):
 	def search(self, callback, *data):
 
 		# encode search string
-		title_encode = urllib.quote(detect_charset(self.title).encode('gbk').replace(' ', ''))
-		artist_encode = urllib.quote(detect_charset(self.artist).encode('gbk').replace(' ',''))
+		title_encode = urllib.parse.quote(self.title.replace(' ', '').encode('gbk'))
+		artist_encode = urllib.parse.quote(self.artist.replace(' ', '').encode('gbk'))
 		url = 'http://www.winampcn.com/lyrictransfer/get.aspx?song=%s&artist=%s&lsong=%s&Datetime=20060601' % (title_encode, artist_encode, title_encode)
 		
 		loader = rb.Loader()
@@ -60,9 +51,9 @@ def got_lyrics(self, xmltext, callback, *data):
 			print("no response")
 			callback (None, *data)
 			return
+		xmltext = xmltext.decode('gbk')
 
 		try:
-			xmltext = xmltext.decode('gbk').encode('UTF-8')
 			xmltext = xmltext.replace('encoding="gb2312"', 'encoding="UTF-8"')
 			xmldoc = minidom.parseString(xmltext)
 			root = xmldoc.documentElement
@@ -91,16 +82,13 @@ def parse_lyrics(self, lyrics, callback, *data):
 			return
 
 		# transform it into plain text
-		lrcplaintext = lyrics
+		lrcplaintext = lyrics.decode('gbk')
 		try:
 			lrcplaintext = re.sub('\[.*?\]', '', lrcplaintext)
-			lrcplaintext = lrcplaintext.decode('gbk').encode('UTF-8')
 		except:
 			print("unable to decode lyrics")
-			callback (lrcplaintext, *data)
+			callback (None, *data)
 			return
 
-		# callback and show
 		lrcplaintext += "\n\nLyrics provided by winampcn.com"
 		callback(lrcplaintext, *data)
-
diff --git a/plugins/lyrics/lyrics.py b/plugins/lyrics/lyrics.py
index cd0825517..31e68d5ce 100644
--- a/plugins/lyrics/lyrics.py
+++ b/plugins/lyrics/lyrics.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA.
 
 import os, re
-import urllib
+import urllib.request
 
 import rb
 from gi.repository import Gtk, Gio, GObject, Peas
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def search_lyrics(self, callback, cache_only=False):
 		
 		if status:
 			l = rb.Loader()
-			l.get_url('file://' + urllib.pathname2url(self.cache_path), callback)
+			l.get_url('file://' + urllib.request.pathname2url(self.cache_path), callback)
 		elif cache_only:
 			self.callback(_("No lyrics found"))
 		elif self.artist == "" and self.title == "":
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def search_lyrics(self, callback, cache_only=False):
 		else:
 			def lyric_callback (text):
 				if text is not None:
-					f = file (self.cache_path, 'w')
+					f = open(self.cache_path, 'wt')
 					f.write (text)
 					f.close ()
 					self.callback(text)