diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/glide/artistimage/ArtistImageFetcher.java b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/glide/artistimage/ArtistImageFetcher.java
index e504e849..3fb4e9cc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/glide/artistimage/ArtistImageFetcher.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/glide/artistimage/ArtistImageFetcher.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class ArtistImageFetcher implements DataFetcher<InputStream> {
     @Override
     public InputStream loadData(Priority priority) throws Exception {
         if (!MusicUtil.isArtistNameUnknown(model.artistName) && Util.isAllowedToAutoDownload(context)) {
-            Response<LastFmArtist> response = lastFMRestClient.getApiService().getArtistInfo(model.artistName, model.skipOkHttpCache ? "no-cache" : null).execute();
+            Response<LastFmArtist> response = lastFMRestClient.getApiService().getArtistInfo(model.artistName, null, model.skipOkHttpCache ? "no-cache" : null).execute();
 
             if (!response.isSuccessful()) {
                 throw new IOException("Request failed with code: " + response.code());
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/lastfm/rest/service/LastFMService.java b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/lastfm/rest/service/LastFMService.java
index 7883af74..36136ba8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/lastfm/rest/service/LastFMService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/lastfm/rest/service/LastFMService.java
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ public interface LastFMService {
     Call<LastFmAlbum> getAlbumInfo(@Query("album") String albumName, @Query("artist") String artistName);
 
     @GET(BASE_QUERY_PARAMETERS + "&method=artist.getinfo")
-    Call<LastFmArtist> getArtistInfo(@Query("artist") String artistName, @Nullable @Header("Cache-Control") String cacheControl);
+    Call<LastFmArtist> getArtistInfo(@Query("artist") String artistName, @Nullable @Query("lang") String language, @Nullable @Header("Cache-Control") String cacheControl);
 }
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/ui/activities/ArtistDetailActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/ui/activities/ArtistDetailActivity.java
index 1c235784..f77c9002 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/ui/activities/ArtistDetailActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/ui/activities/ArtistDetailActivity.java
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.util.PreferenceUtil;
 import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.util.Util;
 import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.util.ViewUtil;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 import butterknife.BindView;
 import butterknife.ButterKnife;
 import retrofit2.Call;
@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ public class ArtistDetailActivity extends AbsSlidingMusicPanelActivity implement
     }
 
     private void loadBiography() {
-        lastFMRestClient.getApiService().getArtistInfo(getArtist().getName(), null).enqueue(new Callback<LastFmArtist>() {
+        lastFMRestClient.getApiService().getArtistInfo(getArtist().getName(), Locale.getDefault().getLanguage(), null).enqueue(new Callback<LastFmArtist>() {
             @Override
             public void onResponse(Call<LastFmArtist> call, Response<LastFmArtist> response) {
                 LastFmArtist lastFmArtist = response.body();