diff --git a/web/src/app/api/lastfm/artist-plays/route.test.ts b/web/src/app/api/lastfm/artist-plays/route.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c9a391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/app/api/lastfm/artist-plays/route.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, afterEach, beforeAll } from "vitest";
+import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
+import { encryptSecret } from "@/lib/crypto";
+import { GET } from "./route";
+
+afterEach(() => vi.restoreAllMocks());
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  process.env.LYRA_SECRET_KEY = "MDEyMzQ1Njc4OWFiY2RlZjAxMjM0NTY3ODlhYmNkZWY=";
+});
+
+function req(qs = "") {
+  return new Request(`http://localhost/api/lastfm/artist-plays${qs}`);
+}
+
+async function seedConfig() {
+  await prisma.config.create({ data: { key: "lastfm.username", value: "jonathan", secret: false } });
+  await prisma.config.create({ data: { key: "lastfm.api_key", value: encryptSecret("real-key"), secret: true } });
+}
+
+function mockLfmArtistTracks(tracks: unknown[], totalPages = 1) {
+  vi.spyOn(global, "fetch").mockResolvedValue(
+    new Response(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        artisttracks: { track: tracks, "@attr": { totalPages: String(totalPages), page: "1" } },
+      }),
+      { status: 200 },
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
+describe("GET /api/lastfm/artist-plays", () => {
+  it("400s when Last.fm creds are unset", async () => {
+    const res = await GET(req("?artist=Michael+Jackson"));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+  });
+
+  it("400s when artist param is missing or blank", async () => {
+    await seedConfig();
+    const missing = await GET(req());
+    expect(missing.status).toBe(400);
+    const blank = await GET(req("?artist=%20"));
+    expect(blank.status).toBe(400);
+  });
+
+  it("returns the tally on the happy path", async () => {
+    await seedConfig();
+    mockLfmArtistTracks([
+      { name: "Billie Jean", album: { "#text": "Thriller" } },
+      { name: "Billie Jean", album: { "#text": "Thriller" } },
+      { name: "Beat It", album: { "#text": "Thriller" } },
+    ]);
+    const res = await GET(req("?artist=Michael+Jackson"));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(body).toEqual({
+      topTracks: [
+        { name: "Billie Jean", plays: 2 },
+        { name: "Beat It", plays: 1 },
+      ],
+      topAlbums: [{ name: "Thriller", plays: 3 }],
+      sampled: false,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("502s when Last.fm throws", async () => {
+    await seedConfig();
+    vi.spyOn(global, "fetch").mockResolvedValue(
+      new Response(JSON.stringify({ error: 10, message: "Invalid API key" }), { status: 200 }),
+    );
+    const res = await GET(req("?artist=Michael+Jackson"));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(502);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/app/api/lastfm/artist-plays/route.ts b/web/src/app/api/lastfm/artist-plays/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20ddf3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/app/api/lastfm/artist-plays/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
+import { decryptSecret } from "@/lib/crypto";
+import { artistPlays } from "@/lib/lastfm";
+
+async function getCreds(): Promise<{ username: string; apiKey: string } | null> {
+  const rows = await prisma.config.findMany({ where: { key: { in: ["lastfm.username", "lastfm.api_key"] } } });
+  const byKey = new Map(rows.map((r) => [r.key, r]));
+  const username = byKey.get("lastfm.username")?.value ?? "";
+  const keyRow = byKey.get("lastfm.api_key");
+  const apiKey = keyRow ? (keyRow.secret ? decryptSecret(keyRow.value) : keyRow.value) : "";
+  if (!username || !apiKey) return null;
+  return { username, apiKey };
+}
+
+export async function GET(request: Request) {
+  const creds = await getCreds();
+  if (!creds) return Response.json({ error: "Last.fm not configured" }, { status: 400 });
+
+  const artist = new URL(request.url).searchParams.get("artist")?.trim();
+  if (!artist) return Response.json({ error: "artist is required" }, { status: 400 });
+
+  let plays;
+  try {
+    plays = await artistPlays(creds.username, artist, creds.apiKey);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return Response.json({ error: e instanceof Error ? e.message : "Last.fm request failed" }, { status: 502 });
+  }
+
+  return Response.json(plays);
+}
diff --git a/web/src/lib/lastfm.test.ts b/web/src/lib/lastfm.test.ts
index 860ddae..e170c90 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/lastfm.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/lastfm.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, afterEach } from "vitest";
-import { topArtists, topAlbums } from "./lastfm";
+import { topArtists, topAlbums, artistPlays } from "./lastfm";
 
 afterEach(() => vi.restoreAllMocks());
 
+function jsonResponse(data: unknown) {
+  return Promise.resolve(new Response(JSON.stringify(data), { status: 200 }));
+}
+
 describe("topArtists", () => {
   it("parses the nested shape and coerces a single artist object to an array", async () => {
     vi.spyOn(global, "fetch").mockResolvedValue(
@@ -113,3 +117,51 @@ describe("topAlbums", () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe("artistPlays", () => {
+  it("tallies songs and albums across pages, skips empty album text, and coerces a single-object track", async () => {
+    const page1 = {
+      artisttracks: {
+        track: [
+          { name: "Billie Jean", album: { "#text": "Thriller" } },
+          { name: "Beat It", album: { "#text": "Thriller" } },
+          { name: "Billie Jean", album: { "#text": "Thriller" } },
+        ],
+        "@attr": { user: "jonathan", page: "1", perPage: "50", totalPages: "2", total: "4", artist: "Michael Jackson" },
+      },
+    };
+    const page2 = {
+      artisttracks: {
+        // single object, not an array - must be coerced
+        track: { name: "Billie Jean", album: { "#text": "" } },
+        "@attr": { user: "jonathan", page: "2", perPage: "50", totalPages: "2", total: "4", artist: "Michael Jackson" },
+      },
+    };
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn().mockReturnValueOnce(jsonResponse(page1)).mockReturnValueOnce(jsonResponse(page2));
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    const out = await artistPlays("jonathan", "Michael Jackson", "key");
+
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(out.topTracks[0]).toEqual({ name: "Billie Jean", plays: 3 });
+    expect(out.topTracks[1]).toEqual({ name: "Beat It", plays: 1 });
+    expect(out.topAlbums).toEqual([{ name: "Thriller", plays: 3 }]);
+    expect(out.sampled).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("sets sampled=true and only fetches page 1 when totalPages exceeds maxPages", async () => {
+    const page1 = {
+      artisttracks: {
+        track: [{ name: "Billie Jean", album: { "#text": "Thriller" } }],
+        "@attr": { user: "jonathan", page: "1", perPage: "50", totalPages: "5", total: "250", artist: "Michael Jackson" },
+      },
+    };
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn().mockReturnValueOnce(jsonResponse(page1));
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    const out = await artistPlays("jonathan", "Michael Jackson", "key", { maxPages: 1 });
+
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(out.sampled).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/lib/lastfm.ts b/web/src/lib/lastfm.ts
index 5bb7ed9..8e29f07 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/lastfm.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/lastfm.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,52 @@ export async function topArtists(user: string, apiKey: string, { period, page, l
   return { items, totalPages, page: respPage };
 }
 
+export type PlayCount = { name: string; plays: number };
+export type ArtistPlays = { topTracks: PlayCount[]; topAlbums: PlayCount[]; sampled: boolean };
+
+function topN(tally: Map<string, number>, n: number): PlayCount[] {
+  return Array.from(tally, ([name, plays]) => ({ name, plays }))
+    .sort((a, b) => b.plays - a.plays || a.name.localeCompare(b.name))
+    .slice(0, n);
+}
+
+export async function artistPlays(
+  user: string,
+  artist: string,
+  apiKey: string,
+  opts: { maxPages?: number } = {},
+): Promise<ArtistPlays> {
+  const maxPages = opts.maxPages ?? 20;
+
+  const page1 = await lfmGet("user.getArtistTracks", apiKey, { user, artist, page: "1" });
+  const totalPages = Number(page1.artisttracks?.["@attr"]?.totalPages) || 1;
+  const sampled = totalPages > maxPages;
+  const lastPage = Math.min(totalPages, maxPages);
+
+  const pages = [page1];
+  if (lastPage > 1) {
+    const rest = await Promise.all(
+      Array.from({ length: lastPage - 1 }, (_, i) => i + 2).map((page) =>
+        lfmGet("user.getArtistTracks", apiKey, { user, artist, page: String(page) }),
+      ),
+    );
+    pages.push(...rest);
+  }
+
+  const songs = new Map<string, number>();
+  const albums = new Map<string, number>();
+  for (const data of pages) {
+    for (const track of toArray(data.artisttracks?.track)) {
+      const name = track?.name ?? "";
+      songs.set(name, (songs.get(name) ?? 0) + 1);
+      const albumName = track?.album?.["#text"];
+      if (albumName) albums.set(albumName, (albums.get(albumName) ?? 0) + 1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { topTracks: topN(songs, 10), topAlbums: topN(albums, 10), sampled };
+}
+
 export async function topAlbums(user: string, apiKey: string, { period, page, limit }: LfmQuery): Promise<LfmPage<LfmAlbum>> {
   const data = await lfmGet("user.gettopalbums", apiKey, {
     user,