diff --git a/src/renderer/api/query-keys.ts b/src/renderer/api/query-keys.ts
index b22b59304..87120df64 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/query-keys.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/query-keys.ts
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ export const queryKeys: Record<
         },
         root: (serverId: string) => [serverId, 'genres'] as const,
     },
+    musicbrainz: {
+        artist: (mbzArtistId: string) => ['musicbrainz', 'artist', mbzArtistId] as const,
+        root: () => ['musicbrainz'] as const,
+    },
     musicFolders: {
         list: (serverId: string) => [serverId, 'musicFolders', 'list'] as const,
     },
diff --git a/src/renderer/features/musicbrainz/api/musicbrainz-api.ts b/src/renderer/features/musicbrainz/api/musicbrainz-api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8c2238b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/features/musicbrainz/api/musicbrainz-api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { queryOptions } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { MusicBrainzApi } from 'musicbrainz-api';
+
+import packageJson from '../../../../../package.json';
+
+import { queryKeys } from '/@/renderer/api/query-keys';
+
+export const musicbrainzApi = new MusicBrainzApi({
+    appContactInfo: packageJson.homepage,
+    appName: packageJson.name,
+    appVersion: packageJson.version,
+});
+
+// Cache all musicbrainz api results for 5 minutes
+const CACHE_TIME = 1000 * 60 * 5;
+
+export const musicbrainzQueries = {
+    artist: (args: { mbzArtistId: string }) => {
+        return queryOptions({
+            gcTime: CACHE_TIME,
+            queryFn: () =>
+                musicbrainzApi.lookup('artist', args.mbzArtistId, [
+                    'releases',
+                    'recordings',
+                    'release-groups',
+                    'works',
+                    'media',
+                ]),
+            queryKey: queryKeys.musicbrainz.artist(args.mbzArtistId),
+            staleTime: CACHE_TIME,
+        });
+    },
+};