diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/FanArtAlbumProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/FanArtAlbumProvider.cs
index 8c92ea025f..d9ccc6fdcf 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/FanArtAlbumProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/FanArtAlbumProvider.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.Music
         /// <value>The HTTP client.</value>
         protected IHttpClient HttpClient { get; private set; }
 
+        internal static FanArtAlbumProvider Current { get; private set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="FanArtAlbumProvider"/> class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.Music
         {
             _providerManager = providerManager;
             HttpClient = httpClient;
+
+            Current = this;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -208,12 +212,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.Music
         private DateTime _lastMusicBrainzRequest = DateTime.MinValue;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the release group id.
+        /// Gets the music brainz response.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="releaseEntryId">The release entry id.</param>
+        /// <param name="url">The URL.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
-        /// <returns>Task{System.String}.</returns>
-        private async Task<string> GetReleaseGroupId(string releaseEntryId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        /// <returns>Task{XmlDocument}.</returns>
+        internal async Task<XmlDocument> GetMusicBrainzResponse(string url, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             await _musicBrainzResourcePool.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
@@ -230,7 +234,17 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.Music
 
                 _lastMusicBrainzRequest = DateTime.Now;
 
-                return await GetReleaseGroupIdInternal(releaseEntryId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                var doc = new XmlDocument();
+
+                using (var xml = await HttpClient.Get(url, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
+                {
+                    using (var oReader = new StreamReader(xml, Encoding.UTF8))
+                    {
+                        doc.Load(oReader);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return doc;
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -244,19 +258,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.Music
         /// <param name="releaseEntryId">The release entry id.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
         /// <returns>Task{System.String}.</returns>
-        private async Task<string> GetReleaseGroupIdInternal(string releaseEntryId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        private async Task<string> GetReleaseGroupId(string releaseEntryId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var url = string.Format("http://www.musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=reid:{0}", releaseEntryId);
 
-            var doc = new XmlDocument();
-
-            using (var xml = await HttpClient.Get(url, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
-            {
-                using (var oReader = new StreamReader(xml, Encoding.UTF8))
-                {
-                    doc.Load(oReader);
-                } 
-            }
+            var doc = await GetMusicBrainzResponse(url, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             var ns = new XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable);
             ns.AddNamespace("mb", "http://musicbrainz.org/ns/mmd-2.0#");
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmArtistProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmArtistProvider.cs
index 819c05a942..dd24880f56 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmArtistProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmArtistProvider.cs
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Logging;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Net;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Net;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Xml;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.Music
 {
@@ -24,37 +22,22 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.Music
             LocalMetaFileName = LastfmHelper.LocalArtistMetaFileName;
         }
 
-        protected override async Task<string> FindId(BaseItem item, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        protected override bool NeedsRefreshInternal(BaseItem item, BaseProviderInfo providerInfo)
         {
-            //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;
+            return true;
+        }
 
-            try
-            {
-                using (var json = await HttpClient.Get(url, LastfmResourcePool, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
-                {
-                    searchResult = JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<LastfmArtistSearchResults>(json);
-                }
-            }
-            catch (HttpException e)
-            {
-                if (e.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
-                {
-                    return null;
-                }
-                throw;
-            }
+        protected override async Task<string> FindId(BaseItem item, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            var url = string.Format("http://www.musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=artistaccent:{0}", UrlEncode(item.Name));
 
-            if (searchResult != null && searchResult.results != null && searchResult.results.artistmatches != null && searchResult.results.artistmatches.artist.Count > 0)
-            {
-                var artist = searchResult.results.artistmatches.artist.FirstOrDefault(i => string.Equals(i.name, item.Name, System.StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            var doc = await FanArtAlbumProvider.Current.GetMusicBrainzResponse(url, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                return artist != null ? artist.mbid : searchResult.results.artistmatches.artist[0].mbid;
-            }
+            var ns = new XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable);
+            ns.AddNamespace("mb", "http://musicbrainz.org/ns/mmd-2.0#");
+            var node = doc.SelectSingleNode("//mb:artist-list/mb:artist/@id", ns);
 
-            return null;
+            return node != null ? node.Value : null;
         }
 
         protected override async Task FetchLastfmData(BaseItem item, string id, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmBaseProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmBaseProvider.cs
index 68017d5b32..f07ea0a6ae 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmBaseProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Music/LastfmBaseProvider.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.Music
         {
             get
             {
-                return "04-25-2013";
+                return "4";
             }
         }