diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaBrowser.Controller.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaBrowser.Controller.csproj
index 319289f94a..b0044745c3 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaBrowser.Controller.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaBrowser.Controller.csproj
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@
     <Compile Include="IServerApplicationPaths.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Library\ChildrenChangedEventArgs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Library\DtoBuilder.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Providers\Music\LastfmArtistProvider.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Providers\Music\LastfmBaseArtistProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Resolvers\BaseItemResolver.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Resolvers\BaseVideoResolver.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Resolvers\IItemResolver.cs" />
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmArtistProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmArtistProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0819ea6ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmArtistProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Logging;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.Music
+{
+    public class LastfmArtistProvider : LastfmBaseArtistProvider
+    {
+        public LastfmArtistProvider(IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer, IHttpClient httpClient, ILogManager logManager) 
+            : base(jsonSerializer, httpClient, logManager)
+        {
+        }
+
+        protected override Task FetchLastfmData(BaseItem item, string id, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmBaseArtistProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmBaseArtistProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e1ff21884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmBaseArtistProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Logging;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Net;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.Music
+{
+    public abstract class LastfmBaseArtistProvider : LastfmBaseProvider
+    {
+        protected LastfmBaseArtistProvider(IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer, IHttpClient httpClient, ILogManager logManager) 
+            : base(jsonSerializer, httpClient, logManager)
+        {
+            LocalMetaFileName = "MBArtist.json";
+        }
+
+        public override bool Supports(Entities.BaseItem item)
+        {
+            return item is MusicArtist;
+        }
+
+        protected override async Task<string> FindId(Entities.BaseItem item, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            //Execute the Artist search against our name and assume first one is the one we want
+            var url = RootUrl + string.Format("method=artist.search&artist={0}&api_key={1}&format=json", UrlEncode(item.Name), ApiKey);
+
+            LastfmArtistSearchResults searchResult = null;
+
+            try
+            {
+                using (var json = await HttpClient.Get(url, Kernel.Instance.ResourcePools.MovieDb, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
+                {
+                    searchResult = JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<LastfmArtistSearchResults>(json);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (HttpException e)
+            {
+                if (e.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                throw;
+            }
+
+            if (searchResult != null && searchResult.results != null && searchResult.results.artistmatches != null && searchResult.results.artistmatches.artist.Any())
+            {
+                return searchResult.results.artistmatches.artist.First().mbid;
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    #region Result Objects
+
+    public class LastfmStats
+    {
+        public string listeners { get; set; }
+        public string playcount { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class LastfmTag
+    {
+        public string name { get; set; }
+        public string url { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class LastfmFormationInfo
+    {
+        public string yearfrom { get; set; }
+        public string yearto { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class LastFmBio
+    {
+        public string published { get; set; }
+        public string summary { get; set; }
+        public string content { get; set; }
+        public string placeformed { get; set; }
+        public string yearformed { get; set; }
+        public List<LastfmFormationInfo> formationlist { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class LastfmArtist
+    {
+        public string name { get; set; }
+        public string mbid { get; set; }
+        public string url { get; set; }
+        public string streamable { get; set; }
+        public string ontour { get; set; }
+        public LastfmStats stats { get; set; }
+        public List<LastfmArtist> similar { get; set; }
+        public List<LastfmTag> tags { get; set; }
+        public LastFmBio bio { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class LastfmGetArtistResult
+    {
+        public LastfmArtist artist { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class Artistmatches
+    {
+        public List<LastfmArtist> artist { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class LastfmArtistSearchResult
+    {
+        public Artistmatches artistmatches { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class LastfmArtistSearchResults
+    {
+        public LastfmArtistSearchResult results { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmBaseProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmBaseProvider.cs
index 364986130f..54792932e3 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmBaseProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmBaseProvider.cs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.Music
             }
         }
 
-        protected const string RootUrl = @"http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/";
+        protected const string RootUrl = @"http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?";
         protected static string ApiKey = "7b76553c3eb1d341d642755aecc40a33";
 
         protected override bool NeedsRefreshInternal(BaseItem item, BaseProviderInfo providerInfo)
@@ -186,7 +186,27 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.Music
         /// <param name="item">The item.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
         /// <returns>Task.</returns>
-        protected abstract Task FetchData(BaseItem item, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+        protected async Task FetchData(BaseItem item, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            var id = item.GetProviderId(MetadataProviders.Musicbrainz) ?? await FindId(item, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (id != null)
+            {
+                Logger.Debug("LastfmProvider - getting info with id: " + id);
+
+                cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+                await FetchLastfmData(item, id, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Logger.Info("LastfmProvider could not find " + item.Name + ". Check name on Last.fm.");
+            }
+            
+        }
+
+        protected abstract Task<string> FindId(BaseItem item, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+
+        protected abstract Task FetchLastfmData(BaseItem item, string id, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Encodes an URL.