From 0ce7acdb614cb0d402fb5ff53878e3f9da664bb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: juxuanu <icar.nin@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 19:18:47 -0400
Subject: Backport pull request #18192 from jellyfin/release-12.z

Use MusicBrainz artist name first

Original-merge: 311b6345f81676e099c9e45fe7095080ccd40249

Merged-by: crobibero <cody@robibe.ro>

Backported-by: Cody Robibero <cody@robibe.ro>
---
 MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainzAlbumProvider.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainzAlbumProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainzAlbumProvider.cs
index 55913aa3fc..d8e6acae17 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainzAlbumProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainzAlbumProvider.cs
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ public class MusicBrainzAlbumProvider : IRemoteMetadataProvider<MusicAlbum, Albu
         if (artistCredit is not null && artistCredit.Count > 0)
         {
             item.AlbumArtists = artistCredit
-                .Select(credit => credit.Name)
+                .Select(credit => credit.Artist?.Name ?? credit.Name)
                 .Where(name => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
                 .ToArray();
         }
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