diff --git a/src/backend/common/vendor/ListenbrainzApiClient.ts b/src/backend/common/vendor/ListenbrainzApiClient.ts
index d3fe80d6..a3e7ae0a 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/vendor/ListenbrainzApiClient.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/vendor/ListenbrainzApiClient.ts
@@ -259,17 +259,29 @@ export class ListenbrainzApiClient extends AbstractApiClient {
                     duration,
                     track_mbid,
                     artist_mbids,
+                    artist_names = [],
                     release_mbid,
-                    release_group_mbid
+                    release_group_mbid,
+                    release_artist_name,
+                    release_artist_names = []
                 } = {}
             } = {},
         } = payload;
 
+        let albumArtists: string[];
+        if(release_artist_name !== undefined) {
+            albumArtists = [release_artist_name];
+        }
+        if(release_artist_names.length > 0) {
+            albumArtists = unique([...(albumArtists ?? []), ...release_artist_names])
+        }
+
         return {
             data: {
                 playDate: typeof listened_at === 'number' ? dayjs.unix(listened_at) : dayjs(listened_at),
                 track: track_name,
-                artists: [artist_name],
+                artists: unique([artist_name, ...artist_names]),
+                albumArtists,
                 album: release_name,
                 duration,
                 meta: {
diff --git a/src/backend/tests/listenbrainz/listenbrainz.test.ts b/src/backend/tests/listenbrainz/listenbrainz.test.ts
index c2021fd6..c062493b 100644
--- a/src/backend/tests/listenbrainz/listenbrainz.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/tests/listenbrainz/listenbrainz.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { loggerTest } from "@foxxmd/logging";
-import { assert } from 'chai';
+import { assert, expect } from 'chai';
 import dayjs from "dayjs";
 import { describe, it } from 'mocha';
 import { http, HttpResponse } from "msw";
 import { PlayObject } from "../../../core/Atomic.js";
 import { UpstreamError } from "../../common/errors/UpstreamError.js";
 
-import { ListenbrainzApiClient } from "../../common/vendor/ListenbrainzApiClient.js";
+import { ListenbrainzApiClient, playToListenPayload } from "../../common/vendor/ListenbrainzApiClient.js";
 import { ListenResponse } from '../../common/vendor/listenbrainz/interfaces.js';
 import { ExpectedResults } from "../utils/interfaces.js";
 import { withRequestInterception } from "../utils/networking.js";
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import slightlyDifferentNames from './correctlyMapped/trackNameSlightlyDifferent
 // incorrect mappings
 import incorrectMultiArtistsTrackName from './incorrectlyMapped/multiArtistsInTrackName.json' with { type: "json" };
 import veryWrong from './incorrectlyMapped/veryWrong.json' with { type: "json" };
+import { generatePlay } from "../utils/PlayTestUtils.js";
 
 interface LZTestFixture {
     data: ListenResponse
@@ -151,3 +152,37 @@ describe('Listenbrainz Response Behavior', function() {
         }
     ));
 });
+
+describe('Listenbrainz Endpoint Behavior', function() {
+
+    it('Should combine artist and artist_names', function() {
+
+        const play = generatePlay({artists: ['Artist A'], albumArtists: []});
+        const submitPayload = playToListenPayload(play);
+
+        const additionalArtists = [...submitPayload.track_metadata.additional_info.artist_names, 'Artist B'];
+
+        submitPayload.track_metadata.additional_info.artist_names = additionalArtists;
+
+        const playFromPayload = ListenbrainzApiClient.listenPayloadToPlay(submitPayload);
+
+        expect(playFromPayload.data.artists).to.be.eql(additionalArtists)
+        
+    });
+
+    it('Should combine artist and artist_names into a unique array', function() {
+
+        const play = generatePlay({artists: ['Artist A'], albumArtists: []});
+        const submitPayload = playToListenPayload(play);
+
+        const additionalArtists = ['Artist A', 'Artist B'];
+
+        submitPayload.track_metadata.additional_info.artist_names = additionalArtists;
+
+        const playFromPayload = ListenbrainzApiClient.listenPayloadToPlay(submitPayload);
+
+        expect(playFromPayload.data.artists).to.be.eql(['Artist A', 'Artist B'])
+        
+    });
+
+});