diff --git a/web/src/app/api/artists/route.test.ts b/web/src/app/api/artists/route.test.ts
index 0f80619..2189e54 100644
--- a/web/src/app/api/artists/route.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/app/api/artists/route.test.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ describe("artists collection API", () => {
     expect(after).toMatchObject({ showAllTypes: true, releaseCount: 2, monitoredCount: 2, haveCount: 2 });
   });
 
+  it("GET lists owned artists that are not followed (case-insensitive)", async () => {
+    // one owned + followed, one owned + not followed, one owned matching a followed name by case
+    await prisma.watchedArtist.create({ data: { mbid: "wf", name: "Followed Artist" } });
+    for (const [artist, album] of [["Followed Artist", "A"], ["Unfollowed Artist", "B"], ["followed artist", "C"]] as const) {
+      await prisma.libraryItem.create({
+        data: { artist, album, path: `/${album}`, source: "scan", format: "FLAC", qualityClass: 2 },
+      });
+    }
+    const body = await (await GET(listReq())).json();
+    expect(body.ownedNotFollowed).toContain("Unfollowed Artist");
+    expect(body.ownedNotFollowed).not.toContain("Followed Artist");
+    expect(body.ownedNotFollowed).not.toContain("followed artist"); // case-insensitive match
+  });
+
   it("GET ?mbid= returns the follow state for a single artist", async () => {
     await prisma.watchedArtist.create({ data: { mbid: "followed-1", name: "Followed" } });
     expect((await (await GET(listReq("?mbid=followed-1"))).json()).followed).toBe(true);
diff --git a/web/src/app/api/artists/route.ts b/web/src/app/api/artists/route.ts
index da7979a..57c7758 100644
--- a/web/src/app/api/artists/route.ts
+++ b/web/src/app/api/artists/route.ts
@@ -11,14 +11,26 @@ export async function GET(request: Request) {
     return Response.json({ followed });
   }
 
-  const artists = await prisma.watchedArtist.findMany({
-    orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
-    include: {
-      releases: {
-        select: { monitored: true, currentQualityClass: true, primaryType: true, secondaryTypes: true },
+  const [artists, libraryArtists] = await Promise.all([
+    prisma.watchedArtist.findMany({
+      orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
+      include: {
+        releases: {
+          select: { monitored: true, currentQualityClass: true, primaryType: true, secondaryTypes: true },
+        },
       },
-    },
-  });
+    }),
+    prisma.libraryItem.findMany({ select: { artist: true }, distinct: ["artist"] }),
+  ]);
+
+  // Artists you own music by (LibraryItem) but don't follow yet — name-matched
+  // case-insensitively against the watched roster (the have-via-scan name-match caveat).
+  const followedNames = new Set(artists.map((a) => a.name.trim().toLowerCase()));
+  const ownedNotFollowed = libraryArtists
+    .map((r) => r.artist)
+    .filter((name) => name.trim() && !followedNames.has(name.trim().toLowerCase()))
+    .sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b));
+
   return Response.json({
     artists: artists.map((a) => {
       const visible = a.showAllTypes ? a.releases : a.releases.filter(isCoreRelease);
@@ -33,6 +45,7 @@ export async function GET(request: Request) {
         haveCount: visible.filter((r) => r.currentQualityClass !== null).length,
       };
     }),
+    ownedNotFollowed,
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/web/src/app/artists/artists-client.tsx b/web/src/app/artists/artists-client.tsx
index d926f7e..e4b187e 100644
--- a/web/src/app/artists/artists-client.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/artists/artists-client.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ type Hit = { mbid: string; name: string; disambiguation: string };
 
 export function ArtistsClient() {
   const [artists, setArtists] = useState<Artist[]>([]);
+  const [ownedNotFollowed, setOwnedNotFollowed] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  const [justFollowed, setJustFollowed] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
   const [filter, setFilter] = useState("");
   const [showAdd, setShowAdd] = useState(false);
   const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
@@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ export function ArtistsClient() {
 
   async function refresh() {
     const res = await fetch("/api/artists");
-    setArtists((await res.json()).artists);
+    const data = await res.json();
+    setArtists(data.artists);
+    setOwnedNotFollowed(data.ownedNotFollowed ?? []);
   }
   useEffect(() => {
     refresh();
@@ -67,6 +71,29 @@ export function ArtistsClient() {
     refresh(); // keep the modal open so several can be added; the hit flips to "Following"
   }
 
+  // Follow an owned-but-not-followed artist: resolve their name → MBID (the library only
+  // stores names), then follow with the canonical MB name. Mirrors the Last.fm/discover flow.
+  async function followOwned(name: string) {
+    const res = await fetch(`/api/mb/artists?q=${encodeURIComponent(name)}`);
+    const hit = res.ok ? (await res.json()).artists?.[0] : null;
+    if (!hit?.mbid) {
+      toast(`No MusicBrainz match for ${name}`);
+      return;
+    }
+    const r = await fetch("/api/artists", {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ mbid: hit.mbid, name: hit.name }),
+    });
+    if (r.ok || r.status === 409) {
+      setJustFollowed((s) => new Set(s).add(name)); // hide it immediately, even if names differ
+      toast(`Following ${hit.name}`);
+      refresh();
+    } else {
+      toast(`Couldn't follow ${name}`);
+    }
+  }
+
   async function toggleAuto(a: Artist) {
     await fetch(`/api/artists/${a.id}`, {
       method: "PATCH",
@@ -86,6 +113,10 @@ export function ArtistsClient() {
     const n = filter.trim().toLowerCase();
     return n ? artists.filter((a) => a.name.toLowerCase().includes(n)) : artists;
   }, [artists, filter]);
+  const ownedShown = useMemo(
+    () => ownedNotFollowed.filter((name) => !justFollowed.has(name)),
+    [ownedNotFollowed, justFollowed],
+  );
 
   return (
     <div>
@@ -148,6 +179,33 @@ export function ArtistsClient() {
         </ul>
       )}
 
+      {ownedShown.length > 0 ? (
+        <>
+          <SectionHeader
+            title="In library, not followed"
+            note={`${ownedShown.length}`}
+          />
+          <p className="muted-note">
+            Artists you already own music by but aren’t watching. Follow to monitor them for new
+            releases and upgrades.
+          </p>
+          <ul className="list">
+            {ownedShown.map((name) => (
+              <li key={name} className="list-row">
+                <div className="main">
+                  <div className="rtitle">{name}</div>
+                </div>
+                <div className="actions">
+                  <button className="btn sm" onClick={() => followOwned(name)}>
+                    Follow
+                  </button>
+                </div>
+              </li>
+            ))}
+          </ul>
+        </>
+      ) : null}
+
       {showAdd ? (
         <Modal open onClose={closeAdd} title="Add artist">
           <form className="request-form" style={{ margin: "0 0 6px" }} onSubmit={search}>