diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ede65493..a6db443b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
         "supertest": "^7.2.2",
         "tinyexec": "^1.1.1",
         "ts-essentials": "^10.2.0",
+        "ts-react-emoji-flag": "^1.1.0",
         "typescript": "^6.0.3",
         "typescript-eslint": "^8.59.3",
         "usehooks-ts": "^3.1.1",
@@ -19504,6 +19505,17 @@
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       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/ts-react-emoji-flag": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-react-emoji-flag/-/ts-react-emoji-flag-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8Me/38Zw2WnJzKDF3HoTFEbGp/JM41Hgc9nC9WMuGlfWAODZyT7iMLSjJmHQOsTIPgap3FW+znFQXzUTzzTQLg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "react": "^16.8.0 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0 || ^19.0.0",
+        "react-dom": "^16.8.0 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0 || ^19.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/tsconfig-paths": {
       "version": "4.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tsconfig-paths/-/tsconfig-paths-4.2.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 681b1785..93adfc48 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
     "supertest": "^7.2.2",
     "tinyexec": "^1.1.1",
     "ts-essentials": "^10.2.0",
+    "ts-react-emoji-flag": "^1.1.0",
     "typescript": "^6.0.3",
     "typescript-eslint": "^8.59.3",
     "usehooks-ts": "^3.1.1",
diff --git a/src/backend/common/metadataProviders/MetadataProviderUtils.ts b/src/backend/common/metadataProviders/MetadataProviderUtils.ts
index 8c90b557..74bab34d 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/metadataProviders/MetadataProviderUtils.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/metadataProviders/MetadataProviderUtils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import type { AlbumSearchResult, ArtistSearchResult, TrackSearchResult } from "../../../core/Api.ts";
+import type { AlbumSearchResult, ArtistSearchResult, MetadataResultServiceScore, TrackSearchResult } from "../../../core/Api.ts";
+import type { Credit, TrackData } from "../../../core/Atomic.ts";
 import type { ErrorIsh } from "../../../core/ErrorUtils.ts";
 
 export interface MetadataProvider {
@@ -15,4 +16,24 @@ export interface AggregateMetadataResponse<T extends (TrackSearchResult | Artist
 export const asMetadataProvider = (val: object): val is MetadataProvider => 
     `getTrackResults` in val && typeof val.getTrackResults === 'function'
     && `getArtistResults` in val && typeof val.getArtistResults === 'function'
-    && `getAlbumResults` in val && typeof val.getAlbumResults === 'function'
\ No newline at end of file
+    && `getAlbumResults` in val && typeof val.getAlbumResults === 'function'
+
+/** A Credit as a result nested in another result: found on the same service as its parent and identified by the first service id it has, or its name if it has none */
+export const creditToResult = (credit: Credit, service: string): ArtistSearchResult => ({
+    ...credit,
+    service,
+    id: credit.metadata?.[0]?.id ?? credit.name
+});
+
+/** Build a track result from TrackData, nesting its artists and album as results from the same service */
+export const trackDataToResult = (
+    data: TrackData,
+    result: Pick<TrackSearchResult, 'id' | 'service' | 'score' | 'albumCount'>,
+    album: Omit<Partial<AlbumSearchResult>, keyof ArtistSearchResult> & Partial<Pick<MetadataResultServiceScore, 'score'>> = {}
+): TrackSearchResult => ({
+    ...data,
+    ...result,
+    artists: data.artists?.map(x => creditToResult(x, result.service)),
+    albumArtists: data.albumArtists?.map(x => creditToResult(x, result.service)),
+    album: data.album === undefined ? undefined : { ...creditToResult(data.album, result.service), ...album }
+});
diff --git a/src/backend/common/transforms/MusicbrainzTransformer.ts b/src/backend/common/transforms/MusicbrainzTransformer.ts
index 3a1f1726..f25aa63e 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/transforms/MusicbrainzTransformer.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/transforms/MusicbrainzTransformer.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { nativeParse } from "./NativeTransformer.ts";
 import { comparePlayArtistsNormalized, scoreTrackWeightedAndNormalized } from "../../utils/PlayComparisonUtils.ts";
 import type { MusicbrainzTransformerConfig, MusicbrainzTransformerData, SearchType } from "./musicbrainz/MusicbrainzTransformerUtil.ts";
 import { maybeStringLowerArrayFromString } from "../../utils/ZodUtils.ts";
-import type { MetadataProvider } from "../metadataProviders/MetadataProviderUtils.ts";
+import { creditToResult, trackDataToResult, type MetadataProvider } from "../metadataProviders/MetadataProviderUtils.ts";
 import type { TrackSearchResult, ArtistSearchResult, AlbumSearchResult } from "../../../core/Api.ts";
 
 export const asMissingMbid = (str: string): MissingMbidType => {
@@ -607,17 +607,21 @@ export default class MusicbrainzTransformer extends AtomicPartsTransformer<Exter
         const recordings = await this.handlePostFetchRecordings(surrogatePlay, res, {type: 'musicbrainz', ...this.defaults});
 
         return recordings.slice(0, 5).map((x): TrackSearchResult => {
-            const releaseGroup = x.releases?.[0]?.["release-group"];
-            return {
-                // same credits a transform using this recording would produce
-                ...recordingToPlay(x).data,
+            const release = x.releases?.[0];
+            const releaseGroup = release?.["release-group"];
+            // same credits a transform using this recording would produce
+            return trackDataToResult(recordingToPlay(x).data, {
                 service: 'musicbrainz',
                 id: x.id,
                 score: x.score,
+                albumCount: (x.releases ?? []).length
+            }, {
                 albumType: releaseGroup?.["primary-type"] ?? releaseGroup?.["secondary-types"]?.[0],
                 albumTypeHint: x.disambiguation,
-                albumCount: (x.releases ?? []).length
-            };
+                country: release?.country,
+                date: release?.date,
+                score: x.rankScore
+            });
         });
     }
     async getArtistResults(query: string): Promise<ArtistSearchResult[] | false> {
@@ -662,7 +666,7 @@ export default class MusicbrainzTransformer extends AtomicPartsTransformer<Exter
             if(x["artist-credit"] !== undefined) {
                 result.artists = x["artist-credit"]
                 .filter(y => this.defaults.ignoreVA === false || y.name !== 'Various Artists')
-                .map((y) => nameToCredit(y.name, mbMeta(y.artist.id, 'artist')))
+                .map((y) => creditToResult(nameToCredit(y.name, mbMeta(y.artist.id, 'artist')), 'musicbrainz'))
             }
             return result;
         });
diff --git a/src/backend/common/transforms/SpotifyTransformer.ts b/src/backend/common/transforms/SpotifyTransformer.ts
index e70b2cb4..23309ed0 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/transforms/SpotifyTransformer.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/transforms/SpotifyTransformer.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
     type SpotifyTransformerConfig,
     type SpotifyTransformerData } from "./spotify/SpotifyTransformerUtil.ts";
 import type { AlbumSearchResult, ArtistSearchResult, TrackSearchResult } from "../../../core/Api.ts";
-import { x } from "tinyexec";
+import { creditToResult, trackDataToResult } from "../metadataProviders/MetadataProviderUtils.ts";
 import { compareNormalizedStrings } from "../../../core/StringUtils.ts";
 
 /** How much to subtract from a candidate's match score when it belongs to a compilation album and deprioritizeCompilations is enabled */
@@ -350,15 +350,16 @@ export default class SpotifyTransformer extends AtomicPartsTransformer<ExternalM
         if(filtered.length === 0) {
             return []
         }
-        const results = filtered.slice(0, 5).map((x) => ({
+        const results = filtered.slice(0, 5).map((x) => trackDataToResult(trackToPlay(x.track).data, {
             service: 'spotify',
             score: x.matchScore  * 100,
             albumCount: 1,
-            albumType: x.track.album.album_type,
-            ...trackToPlay(x.track).data,
             id: x.track.id.toString(),
+        }, {
+            albumType: x.track.album.album_type,
+            date: x.track.album.release_date
         }));
-        results.sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score);
+        results.sort((a, b) => (b.score ?? 0) - (a.score ?? 0));
         return results;
     }
 
@@ -378,7 +379,6 @@ export default class SpotifyTransformer extends AtomicPartsTransformer<ExternalM
         return results;
     }
     async getAlbumResults(query: string): Promise<AlbumSearchResult[] | false> {
-        const surrogateArtist: Credit = {name: query};
         const scoreThreshold = this.defaults.score ?? 0.6;
         const res = await this.api.searchAlbums({album: {name: query}}, this.defaults);
         const ranked = res.map((x) => { 
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ export default class SpotifyTransformer extends AtomicPartsTransformer<ExternalM
             ...withImage(nameToCredit(x.name, spotifyMeta(x.id, 'album')), chooseImageByResolution(x.images, {fallbackBest: true}).url),
             albumType: x.album_type,
             date: x.release_date,
-            artists: (x.artists ?? []).length === 0 ? undefined : x.artists.map((y) => nameToCredit(y.name, spotifyMeta(y.id, 'artist'))),
+            artists: (x.artists ?? []).length === 0 ? undefined : x.artists.map((y) => creditToResult(nameToCredit(y.name, spotifyMeta(y.id, 'artist')), 'spotify')),
             score: x.score,
             service: 'spotify',
             id: x.id
diff --git a/src/backend/common/transforms/rocksky/RockskyTransformer.ts b/src/backend/common/transforms/rocksky/RockskyTransformer.ts
index eda83298..ec3c4f1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/transforms/rocksky/RockskyTransformer.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/transforms/rocksky/RockskyTransformer.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { type AlbumViewBasic, type ArtistViewBasic, RockskyError, type SongMatch
 import { RockskyClientPool } from "../../vendor/rocksky/RockskyClientWrapped.ts";
 import type { RockskyTransformerConfig, RockskyTransformerData } from "../../vendor/rocksky/interfaces.ts";
 import { DEFAULT_ROCKSKY_SEARCH_ORDER, type SearchType, searchType } from "./RockskyTransformerUtil.ts";
-import type { MetadataProvider } from "../../metadataProviders/MetadataProviderUtils.ts";
+import { creditToResult, trackDataToResult, type MetadataProvider } from "../../metadataProviders/MetadataProviderUtils.ts";
 import type { AlbumSearchResult, ArtistSearchResult, TrackSearchResult } from "../../../../core/Api.ts";
 
 export const DEFAULT_SEARCHTYPE_ORDER: SearchType[] = ['isrc','basic'];
@@ -469,12 +469,11 @@ export default class RockskyTransformer extends AtomicPartsTransformer<ExternalM
             const view: SongViewDetailedMS = x === res.matches?.[0]
                 ? mergeSongMatch(res, x)
                 : {requestQuery: query, title: x.title, artist: x.artist, album: x.album, albumArt: x.albumArt, isrc: x.isrc, duration: x.durationMs};
-            return {
-                ...songViewToPlay(view).data,
+            return trackDataToResult(songViewToPlay(view).data, {
                 service: 'rocksky',
                 id: String(x.id ?? index),
                 score: Math.round(x.score ?? 0)
-            };
+            });
         });
     }
 
@@ -493,7 +492,7 @@ export default class RockskyTransformer extends AtomicPartsTransformer<ExternalM
         return hits.map((x): AlbumSearchResult => ({
             ...withImage(nameToCredit(x.title as string, serviceMeta('rocksky', x.id, 'album')), x.albumArt),
             date: x.releaseDate ?? x.year?.toString(),
-            artists: x.artist === undefined ? undefined : [nameToCredit(x.artist)],
+            artists: x.artist === undefined ? undefined : [creditToResult(nameToCredit(x.artist), 'rocksky')],
             score: x.score,
             service: 'rocksky',
             id: x.id as string
diff --git a/src/backend/tests/utils/invariants.test.ts b/src/backend/tests/utils/invariants.test.ts
index d4443671..f6572484 100644
--- a/src/backend/tests/utils/invariants.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/tests/utils/invariants.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import clone from 'clone';
 import type { PlayObject } from '../../../core/Atomic.ts';
 import { generateArtistCredits, generatePlay, withBrainz } from '../../../core/tests/utils/PlayTestUtils.ts';
 import { dedupAlbumArtists, spotifyMeta, stripCredits, withImage, withMetadata } from '../../../core/MusicMetadata.ts';
+import { trackDataToResult } from '../../common/metadataProviders/MetadataProviderUtils.ts';
 import { albumSearchResultSchema, artistSearchResultSchema, trackSearchResultSchema } from '../../../core/Api.ts';
 import { generateAlbumSearchResult, generateArtistSearchResult, generateTrackSearchResult } from '../../../core/tests/utils/apiFixtures.ts';
 import { nameToCredit } from "../../../core/MusicMetadata.ts";
@@ -123,4 +124,17 @@ describe('#Metadata Search Results', function () {
         expect(() => albumSearchResultSchema.parse(generateAlbumSearchResult())).to.not.throw();
         expect(() => artistSearchResultSchema.parse(generateArtistSearchResult())).to.not.throw();
     });
+
+    it('nests artists and album as results from the same service', function () {
+        const artist = nameToCredit('Artist A', spotifyMeta('ar1', 'artist'));
+        const result = trackDataToResult(
+            { track: nameToCredit('Track'), artists: [artist, nameToCredit('Artist B')], album: nameToCredit('Album', spotifyMeta('al1', 'album')) },
+            { id: 't1', service: 'spotify', score: 90, albumCount: 1 },
+            { albumType: 'single' }
+        );
+        expect(result.artists).to.eql([{ ...artist, service: 'spotify', id: 'ar1' }, { name: 'Artist B', service: 'spotify', id: 'Artist B' }]);
+        expect(result.album).to.include({ name: 'Album', service: 'spotify', id: 'al1', albumType: 'single' });
+        expect(result).to.not.have.property('albumType');
+        expect(() => trackSearchResultSchema.parse(result)).to.not.throw();
+    });
 });
diff --git a/src/client/components/Country.tsx b/src/client/components/Country.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e1ffb90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/components/Country.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import type React from "react";
+import TsCountryFlag from "ts-react-emoji-flag";
+
+const userLocale =
+    navigator.languages && navigator.languages.length
+        ? navigator.languages[0]
+        : navigator.language;
+
+const getCountryNamesIntl = new Intl.DisplayNames([userLocale ?? 'en'], { type: 'region' });
+
+export const getCountryName = (iso2: string) => {
+    const name = getCountryNamesIntl.of(iso2);
+    if (name !== undefined) {
+        return name;
+    }
+    return iso2;
+}
+
+export const CountryFlag = (props: {
+    iso: string,
+    tooltip?: true | string | ((country: string) => string)
+}) => {
+    const isoToUse = props.iso === 'XW' ? 'UN' : props.iso;
+
+    let content: string | undefined = undefined;;
+    if (props.tooltip !== undefined) {
+        if (props.tooltip === true) {
+            content = getCountryName(props.iso);
+        } else if (typeof props.tooltip === 'function') {
+            content = props.tooltip(getCountryName(props.iso))
+        } else {
+            content = props.tooltip;
+        }
+    }
+    return <TsCountryFlag countryCode={isoToUse} title={content}/>;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/components/play/AlbumSearch.tsx b/src/client/components/play/AlbumSearch.tsx
index 026ee687..ec5bc86d 100644
--- a/src/client/components/play/AlbumSearch.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/play/AlbumSearch.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Box, useListCollection, Stack, Text, HStack } from "@chakra-ui/react"
+import { Box, useListCollection, Stack, Text, HStack, Badge, Span } from "@chakra-ui/react"
 import { useDebouncedState } from '@tanstack/react-pacer'
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { tanQueries } from "../../queries/index.ts";
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { ArtistCreditTags } from "../ArtistCreditDisplay.tsx";
 import { LeftSideMetadataResultContent, MetadataPickMenu, MetadataSearchCombobox, type MetadataPartials } from "./MetadataResults.tsx";
 import { creditSchema, type Credit } from "../../../core/Atomic.ts";
 import { MusicServiceIndicators } from "../musicServices/MusicServiceIndicators.tsx";
+import { CountryFlag } from "../Country.tsx";
+import dayjs from "dayjs";
 
 const albumPartials: MetadataPartials<AlbumSearchResult> = {
     album: { label: 'Album only', pick: ({ artists, ...rest }) => rest },
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ export const AlbumSearchResultItem = (props: { data: AlbumSearchResult, onPick?:
         albumTypeHint,
         metadata = [],
         artists = [],
+        country,
+        date,
     } = props.data;
     const albumHints: string[] = [];
     if(albumType !== undefined) {
@@ -35,6 +39,14 @@ export const AlbumSearchResultItem = (props: { data: AlbumSearchResult, onPick?:
         artistTags = <ArtistCreditTags data={artists} />
     }
 
+    const countryElm: React.JSX.Element | undefined = country !== undefined ? <CountryFlag iso={country} tooltip={(val) => `Released in ${val}`}/> : undefined;
+    let locationDateInfo: React.JSX.Element | undefined = undefined;
+    if(countryElm !== undefined && date === undefined) {
+        locationDateInfo = countryElm;
+    } else if(countryElm !== undefined && date !== undefined) {
+        locationDateInfo = <Badge variant="outline">{countryElm}<Span>{dayjs(date).format('YYYY')}</Span></Badge>
+    }
+
     return (
         <HStack gap="4" flexGrow="1">
             <Stack>
@@ -43,7 +55,7 @@ export const AlbumSearchResultItem = (props: { data: AlbumSearchResult, onPick?:
             <Stack gap="1" flexGrow="1">
                 <Text fontWeight="medium">
                     <HStack gap="1">
-                        {name}{albumHints.length > 0? <Box>({albumHints.join(' -- ')})</Box> : undefined}<MusicServiceIndicators services={metadata}/>
+                        {name}{albumHints.length > 0? <Box>({albumHints.join(' -- ')})</Box> : undefined}{locationDateInfo}<MusicServiceIndicators services={metadata}/>
                         <MetadataPickMenu data={props.data} partials={albumPartials} onPick={props.onPick} />
                     </HStack>
                 </Text>
@@ -91,11 +103,11 @@ export const AlbumSearch = (props: AlbumSearchProps) => {
         }
     }, [query, set])
 
-    const doChange = useCallback((val: Credit & Pick<AlbumSearchResult, 'artists'>) => {
+    const doChange = useCallback((val: Credit & { artists?: Credit[] }) => {
         // drops the search-only properties of a result
         const album = creditSchema.parse(val);
         setSelectedItem(album);
-        onChange({ album, albumArtists: val.artists });
+        onChange({ album, albumArtists: creditSchema.array().optional().parse(val.artists) });
     },[setSelectedItem, onChange]);
 
     const services = selectedItem.metadata ?? [];
diff --git a/src/client/components/play/TrackSearch.tsx b/src/client/components/play/TrackSearch.tsx
index ef1e1ec7..e6a6682f 100644
--- a/src/client/components/play/TrackSearch.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/play/TrackSearch.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useListCollection, Stack, Text, HStack, Span } from "@chakra-ui/react"
+import { useListCollection, Stack, Text, HStack, Span, Badge } from "@chakra-ui/react"
 import { useDebouncedState } from '@tanstack/react-pacer'
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { tanQueries } from "../../queries/index.js";
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ import { playTrackDataSchema, type Credit, type TrackData } from "../../../core/
 import { playImage } from "../../../core/MusicMetadata.js";
 import { MusicServiceIndicators } from "../musicServices/MusicServiceIndicators.js";
 import { timeToHumanTimestamp } from "../../../core/TimeUtils.js";
+import { CountryFlag } from "../Country.js";
+import dayjs from "dayjs";
 
 const trackPartials: MetadataPartials<TrackSearchResult> = {
-    track: { label: 'Track + duration only', pick: ({ artists, album, albumArtists, albumType, albumCount, ...rest }) => rest },
-    artists: { label: 'Track + duration + artists', pick: ({ album, albumArtists, albumType, albumCount, ...rest }) => rest },
+    track: { label: 'Track + duration only', pick: ({ artists, album, albumArtists, albumCount, ...rest }) => rest },
+    artists: { label: 'Track + duration + artists', pick: ({ album, albumArtists, albumCount, ...rest }) => rest },
     album: { label: 'Track + duration + album', pick: ({ artists, ...rest }) => rest },
 };
 
@@ -24,8 +26,6 @@ export const TrackSearchResultItem = (props: { data: TrackSearchResult, onPick?:
     const {
         track,
         album,
-        albumType,
-        albumTypeHint,
         albumCount,
         duration,
         artists = []
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ export const TrackSearchResultItem = (props: { data: TrackSearchResult, onPick?:
 
     let albumContent: React.JSX.Element | undefined = undefined;
     if (album !== undefined) {
+        const {
+            albumType,
+            albumTypeHint,
+            country,
+            date,
+            name: albumName,
+            metadata: albumMetadata
+        } = album;
+
+        const countryElm: React.JSX.Element | undefined = country !== undefined ? <CountryFlag iso={country} tooltip={(val) => `Released in ${val}`}/> : undefined;
+        let locationDateInfo: React.JSX.Element | undefined = undefined;
+        if(countryElm !== undefined && date === undefined) {
+            locationDateInfo = countryElm;
+        } else if(countryElm !== undefined && date !== undefined) {
+            locationDateInfo = <Badge variant="outline">{countryElm}<Span>{dayjs(date).format('YYYY')}</Span></Badge>
+        }
         const albumHints: string[] = [];
         if(albumType !== undefined) {
             albumHints.push(albumType);
@@ -42,12 +58,12 @@ export const TrackSearchResultItem = (props: { data: TrackSearchResult, onPick?:
         }
         const andCount = albumCount !== undefined && albumCount > 1 ? (
             <Text color="fg.subtle" textStyle="sm">
-                and {albumCount} more...
+                and {albumCount} more albums...
             </Text>
         ) : undefined;
         albumContent = (<Text color="fg.muted" textStyle="sm">
             <HStack>
-                {album.name} {albumHints.length > 0 ? `(${albumHints.join(' -- ')})` : ''}<MusicServiceIndicators services={album.metadata ?? []}/> {andCount}
+                {albumName} {albumHints.length > 0 ? `(${albumHints.join(' -- ')})` : ''}{locationDateInfo}<MusicServiceIndicators services={album.metadata ?? []}/> {andCount}
             </HStack>
         </Text>)
     }
@@ -85,7 +101,7 @@ export interface TrackSearchProps {
 }
 
 const trackSearchResultToOnChange = (val: TrackOnChange): TrackOnChange => {
-    // drops the search-only properties of a result
+    // drops the search-only properties of a result and of the results nested in it
     const { meta, ...change } = playTrackDataSchema.parse(val);
     // an album always replaces album artists, even when it has none, so artists from a previous album are not kept
     return change.album !== undefined ? { ...change, albumArtists: change.albumArtists } : change;
diff --git a/src/core/Api.ts b/src/core/Api.ts
index 79c6f3f7..b2c56667 100644
--- a/src/core/Api.ts
+++ b/src/core/Api.ts
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ export const albumSearchResultSchema = z.object({
     ...metadataResultAlbumTypeSchema.shape,
     date: z.string().optional(),
     country: z.string().optional(),
-    artists: creditSchema.array().optional(),
+    artists: artistSearchResultSchema.array().optional(),
 });
 export type AlbumSearchResult = z.infer<typeof albumSearchResultSchema>;
 
@@ -293,12 +293,14 @@ export const albumSearchResultResponseSchema = z.object({
 });
 export type AlbumSearchResultResponse = z.infer<typeof albumSearchResultResponseSchema>;
 
-/** TrackData with the service it was found on */
+/** TrackData with the service it was found on. Artists and album are results from the same service. */
 export const trackSearchResultSchema = z.object({
     ...playTrackDataSchema.shape,
     ...metadataResultBaseSchema.shape,
     ...metadataResultServiceScoreSchema.shape,
-    ...metadataResultAlbumTypeSchema.shape,
+    artists: artistSearchResultSchema.array().optional(),
+    albumArtists: artistSearchResultSchema.array().optional(),
+    album: albumSearchResultSchema.optional(),
     /** Number of albums the track was found on */
     albumCount: z.int().nonnegative().optional(),
 });
diff --git a/src/core/tests/utils/apiFixtures.ts b/src/core/tests/utils/apiFixtures.ts
index 8a0305d5..da87308e 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/utils/apiFixtures.ts
+++ b/src/core/tests/utils/apiFixtures.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { faker } from "@faker-js/faker";
 import type {AlbumSearchResult, ArtistSearchResult, ComponentClientApi, ComponentClientApiJson, ComponentCommonApi, ComponentCommonApiJson, ComponentHistoricalApi, ComponentSourceApi, ComponentSourceApiJson, ComponentState, PlayApiCommon, PlayApiCommonDetailed, PlayInputApi, QueueStateApi, TrackSearchResult} from "../../Api.ts";
 import { INGRESS_QUEUE, COMPONENT_AUTH_TYPE, type ComponentType, type JsonPlayObject, type PlayObject, QUEUE_STATUSES, type SourcePlayerJson, sourceSotTypes, type MBID, type Credit } from "../../Atomic.ts";
-import { generateArtist, generateArtistCredits, generateMbid, generatePlay, normalizePlays } from "./PlayTestUtils.ts";
+import { generateArtist, generateMbid, generatePlay, normalizePlays } from "./PlayTestUtils.ts";
 import { generatePlayInput, generatePlayWithLifecycle, playWithLifecycleScrobble, randomPlayState } from "./fixtures.ts";
 import { asJsonPlayObject } from "../../PlayMarshalUtils.ts";
 import { generatePlayUid } from "../../StringUtils.ts";
@@ -534,6 +534,10 @@ export const generateArtistSearchResults = (opts: {query?: string, count?: numbe
     return results;
 }
 
+/** Artists as they appear nested in an album or track result, without a score */
+const generateNestedArtistResults = (max: number, service: string): ArtistSearchResult[] =>
+    generateArtistSearchResults({count: faker.number.int({min: 1, max})}).map((x) => ({...x, service, score: undefined}));
+
 const generateAlbumCredit = (): Credit => withImage(nameToCredit(
     faker.music.album(),
     mbMeta(faker.helpers.arrayElement([generateMbid(), undefined]), 'release'),
@@ -541,18 +545,21 @@ const generateAlbumCredit = (): Credit => withImage(nameToCredit(
     spotifyMeta(faker.helpers.arrayElement([faker.string.alphanumeric(4), undefined]), 'album')
 ), placeholderImage([300]));
 
-export const generateAlbumSearchResult = (partial: Partial<AlbumSearchResult> = {}): AlbumSearchResult => ({
-    id: faker.string.alphanumeric(7),
-    score: faker.number.int({min: 10, max: 100}),
-    service: faker.helpers.arrayElement(['spotify','musicbrainz','rocksky']),
-    ...generateAlbumCredit(),
-    albumType: faker.helpers.arrayElement(['single','album','live','compilation',undefined]),
-    albumTypeHint: faker.helpers.arrayElement(['remastered', undefined]),
-    artists: generateArtistCredits(undefined, 3, {mbidVal: true}),
-    country: faker.location.countryCode(),
-    date: dayjs(faker.date.past({years: 10})).toISOString(),
-    ...partial
-});
+export const generateAlbumSearchResult = (partial: Partial<AlbumSearchResult> = {}): AlbumSearchResult => {
+    const service = partial.service ?? faker.helpers.arrayElement(['spotify','musicbrainz','rocksky']);
+    return {
+        id: faker.string.alphanumeric(7),
+        score: faker.number.int({min: 10, max: 100}),
+        service,
+        ...generateAlbumCredit(),
+        albumType: faker.helpers.arrayElement(['single','album','live','compilation',undefined]),
+        albumTypeHint: faker.helpers.arrayElement(['remastered', undefined]),
+        artists: generateNestedArtistResults(3, service),
+        country: faker.location.countryCode(),
+        date: dayjs(faker.date.past({years: 10})).toISOString(),
+        ...partial
+    };
+};
 
 export const generateAlbumSearchResults = (opts: {query?: string, count?: number} = {}): AlbumSearchResult[] => {
     const results: AlbumSearchResult[] = [];
@@ -570,25 +577,27 @@ export const generateAlbumSearchResults = (opts: {query?: string, count?: number
     return results;
 }
 
-export const generateTrackSearchResult = (partial: Partial<TrackSearchResult> = {}): TrackSearchResult => ({
-    id: faker.string.alphanumeric(7),
-    score: faker.number.int({min: 10, max: 100}),
-    service: faker.helpers.arrayElement(['spotify','musicbrainz','rocksky']),
-    track: nameToCredit(
-        faker.music.songName(),
-        mbMeta(faker.helpers.arrayElement([generateMbid(), undefined]), 'recording'),
-        mbMeta(faker.helpers.arrayElement([generateMbid(), undefined]), 'track'),
-        spotifyMeta(faker.helpers.arrayElement([faker.string.alphanumeric(4), undefined]), 'track')
-    ),
-    album: generateAlbumCredit(),
-    albumType: faker.helpers.arrayElement(['single','album','live','compilation',undefined]),
-    albumArtists: faker.helpers.arrayElement([generateArtistCredits(1, 1, {mbidVal: true}), undefined]),
-    albumTypeHint: faker.helpers.arrayElement(['remastered', undefined]),
-    duration: faker.number.int({min: 10, max: 305}),
-    albumCount: faker.number.int({min: 1, max: 15}),
-    artists: generateArtistCredits(undefined, 3, {mbidVal: true}),
-    ...partial
-});
+export const generateTrackSearchResult = (partial: Partial<TrackSearchResult> = {}): TrackSearchResult => {
+    const service = partial.service ?? faker.helpers.arrayElement(['spotify','musicbrainz','rocksky']);
+    return {
+        id: faker.string.alphanumeric(7),
+        score: faker.number.int({min: 10, max: 100}),
+        service,
+        track: nameToCredit(
+            faker.music.songName(),
+            mbMeta(faker.helpers.arrayElement([generateMbid(), undefined]), 'recording'),
+            mbMeta(faker.helpers.arrayElement([generateMbid(), undefined]), 'track'),
+            spotifyMeta(faker.helpers.arrayElement([faker.string.alphanumeric(4), undefined]), 'track')
+        ),
+        // nested results have no score, a nested album has no artists of its own
+        album: generateAlbumSearchResult({service, score: undefined, artists: undefined}),
+        albumArtists: faker.helpers.arrayElement([generateNestedArtistResults(1, service), undefined]),
+        duration: faker.number.int({min: 10, max: 305}),
+        albumCount: faker.number.int({min: 1, max: 15}),
+        artists: generateNestedArtistResults(3, service),
+        ...partial
+    };
+};
 
 export const generateTrackSearchResults = (opts: {query?: string, count?: number} = {}): TrackSearchResult[] => {
     const results: TrackSearchResult[] = [];