diff --git a/src/renderer/api/navidrome/navidrome-controller.ts b/src/renderer/api/navidrome/navidrome-controller.ts
index 4788159a22..b93eefa47c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/navidrome/navidrome-controller.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/navidrome/navidrome-controller.ts
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export const NavidromeController: InternalControllerEndpoint = {
     getAlbumArtistInfo: async (args) => {
         const { apiClientProps, query } = args;
 
-        const artistInfoRes = await ssApiClient(apiClientProps).getArtistInfo({
+        const artistInfoRes = await ssApiClient(apiClientProps).getArtistInfo2({
             query: {
                 id: query.id,
                 ...(query.limit != null && { count: query.limit }),
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ export const NavidromeController: InternalControllerEndpoint = {
             return null;
         }
 
-        const artistInfo = artistInfoRes.body.artistInfo;
+        const artistInfo = artistInfoRes.body.artistInfo2;
         const imageUrl =
             artistInfo?.largeImageUrl ||
             artistInfo?.mediumImageUrl ||
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ export const NavidromeController: InternalControllerEndpoint = {
             imageUrl,
             similarArtists:
                 artistInfo?.similarArtist?.map((artist) => ({
-                    id: artist.id,
-                    imageId: artist.id,
+                    id: String(artist.id),
+                    imageId: String(artist.id),
                     imageUrl: null,
                     name: artist.name,
                     userFavorite: Boolean(artist.starred) || false,
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/subsonic/subsonic-api.ts b/src/renderer/api/subsonic/subsonic-api.ts
index 1f563963d5..3cf544412c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/subsonic/subsonic-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/subsonic/subsonic-api.ts
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ export const contract = c.router({
             200: ssType._response.getArtist,
         },
     },
-    getArtistInfo: {
+    getArtistInfo2: {
         method: 'GET',
-        path: 'getArtistInfo.view',
+        path: 'getArtistInfo2.view',
         query: ssType._parameters.artistInfo,
         responses: {
-            200: ssType._response.artistInfo,
+            200: ssType._response.artistInfo2,
         },
     },
     getArtists: {
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/subsonic/subsonic-controller.ts b/src/renderer/api/subsonic/subsonic-controller.ts
index a835c3a077..87e45382c2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/subsonic/subsonic-controller.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/subsonic/subsonic-controller.ts
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ export const SubsonicController: InternalControllerEndpoint = {
     getAlbumArtistInfo: async (args) => {
         const { apiClientProps, query } = args;
 
-        const artistInfoRes = await ssApiClient(apiClientProps).getArtistInfo({
+        const artistInfoRes = await ssApiClient(apiClientProps).getArtistInfo2({
             query: {
                 id: query.id,
                 ...(query.limit != null && { count: query.limit }),
@@ -507,14 +507,14 @@ export const SubsonicController: InternalControllerEndpoint = {
             return null;
         }
 
-        const artistInfo = artistInfoRes.body.artistInfo;
+        const artistInfo = artistInfoRes.body.artistInfo2;
 
         return {
             biography: artistInfo?.biography || null,
             similarArtists:
                 artistInfo?.similarArtist?.map((artist) => ({
-                    id: artist.id,
-                    imageId: artist.coverArt ?? artist.id,
+                    id: String(artist.id),
+                    imageId: artist.coverArt ?? String(artist.id),
                     imageUrl: null,
                     name: artist.name,
                     userFavorite: Boolean(artist.starred) || false,
diff --git a/src/shared/api/navidrome/navidrome-normalize.ts b/src/shared/api/navidrome/navidrome-normalize.ts
index ad9b93bf8c..e781ad3ad2 100644
--- a/src/shared/api/navidrome/navidrome-normalize.ts
+++ b/src/shared/api/navidrome/navidrome-normalize.ts
@@ -392,7 +392,9 @@ const normalizeAlbum = (
 
 const normalizeAlbumArtist = (
     item: z.infer<typeof ndType._response.albumArtist> & {
-        similarArtists?: z.infer<typeof ssType._response.artistInfo>['artistInfo']['similarArtist'];
+        similarArtists?: NonNullable<
+            z.infer<typeof ssType._response.artistInfo2>['artistInfo2']
+        >['similarArtist'];
     },
     server?: null | ServerListItem,
 ): AlbumArtist => {
@@ -448,8 +450,8 @@ const normalizeAlbumArtist = (
         playCount: item.playCount || 0,
         similarArtists:
             item.similarArtists?.map((artist) => ({
-                id: artist.id,
-                imageId: artist.id,
+                id: String(artist.id),
+                imageId: String(artist.id),
                 imageUrl: null,
                 name: artist.name,
                 userFavorite: Boolean(artist.starred) || false,
diff --git a/src/shared/api/subsonic/subsonic-normalize.ts b/src/shared/api/subsonic/subsonic-normalize.ts
index e852a55fe7..2d691863fa 100644
--- a/src/shared/api/subsonic/subsonic-normalize.ts
+++ b/src/shared/api/subsonic/subsonic-normalize.ts
@@ -245,14 +245,14 @@ const normalizeSong = (
 const normalizeAlbumArtist = (
     item:
         | (z.infer<typeof ssType._response.albumArtist> & {
-              similarArtists?: z.infer<
-                  typeof ssType._response.artistInfo
-              >['artistInfo']['similarArtist'];
+              similarArtists?: NonNullable<
+                  z.infer<typeof ssType._response.artistInfo2>['artistInfo2']
+              >['similarArtist'];
           })
         | (z.infer<typeof ssType._response.artistListEntry> & {
-              similarArtists?: z.infer<
-                  typeof ssType._response.artistInfo
-              >['artistInfo']['similarArtist'];
+              similarArtists?: NonNullable<
+                  z.infer<typeof ssType._response.artistInfo2>['artistInfo2']
+              >['similarArtist'];
           }),
     server?: null | ServerListItemWithCredential,
 ): AlbumArtist => {
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ const normalizeAlbumArtist = (
         playCount: null,
         similarArtists:
             item.similarArtists?.map((artist) => ({
-                id: artist.id,
-                imageId: artist.coverArt ?? artist.id,
+                id: String(artist.id),
+                imageId: artist.coverArt ?? String(artist.id),
                 imageUrl: null,
                 name: artist.name,
                 userFavorite: Boolean(artist.starred) || false,
diff --git a/src/shared/api/subsonic/subsonic-types.ts b/src/shared/api/subsonic/subsonic-types.ts
index 47e693226d..e09783e158 100644
--- a/src/shared/api/subsonic/subsonic-types.ts
+++ b/src/shared/api/subsonic/subsonic-types.ts
@@ -304,26 +304,33 @@ const artistInfoParameters = z.object({
     includeNotPresent: z.boolean().optional(),
 });
 
-const artistInfo = z.object({
-    artistInfo: z.object({
-        biography: z.string().optional(),
-        largeImageUrl: z.string().optional(),
-        lastFmUrl: z.string().optional(),
-        mediumImageUrl: z.string().optional(),
-        musicBrainzId: z.string().optional(),
-        similarArtist: z.array(
-            z.object({
-                albumCount: z.string(),
-                artistImageUrl: z.string().optional(),
-                coverArt: z.string().optional(),
-                id: z.string(),
-                name: z.string(),
-                starred: z.string().optional(),
-                userRating: z.number().optional(),
-            }),
-        ),
-        smallImageUrl: z.string().optional(),
-    }),
+// Organizes music according to ID3 tags, and must be queried with an ID3 artist id
+// (as returned by getArtists/getArtist). The non-ID3 getArtistInfo resolves the id
+// against the folder browsing namespace, where the same id belongs to an unrelated item.
+const artistInfo2 = z.object({
+    artistInfo2: z
+        .object({
+            biography: z.string().optional(),
+            largeImageUrl: z.string().optional(),
+            lastFmUrl: z.string().optional(),
+            mediumImageUrl: z.string().optional(),
+            musicBrainzId: z.string().optional(),
+            similarArtist: z
+                .array(
+                    z.object({
+                        albumCount: z.number().or(z.string()).optional(),
+                        artistImageUrl: z.string().optional(),
+                        coverArt: z.string().optional(),
+                        id,
+                        name: z.string(),
+                        starred: z.string().optional(),
+                        userRating: z.number().optional(),
+                    }),
+                )
+                .optional(),
+            smallImageUrl: z.string().optional(),
+        })
+        .optional(),
 });
 
 const topSongsListParameters = z.object({
@@ -951,7 +958,7 @@ export const ssType = {
         albumInfo,
         albumList,
         albumListEntry,
-        artistInfo,
+        artistInfo2,
         artistListEntry,
         authenticate,
         baseResponse,