diff --git a/lib/music_library/artists.ex b/lib/music_library/artists.ex
index 165f4e37..010ca719 100644
--- a/lib/music_library/artists.ex
+++ b/lib/music_library/artists.ex
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ defmodule MusicLibrary.Artists do
   alias MusicLibrary.Repo
 
   alias MusicLibrary.Records.{ArtistInfo, ArtistRecord, Record}
+  alias MusicLibrary.{BackgroundRepo, Worker}
 
   def get_artist!(musicbrainz_id) do
     q =
@@ -58,6 +59,15 @@ defmodule MusicLibrary.Artists do
     end
   end
 
+  def fetch_artist_info_async(artist_id) do
+    meta = %{}
+    params = %{"id" => artist_id}
+
+    params
+    |> Worker.FetchArtistInfo.new(meta: meta)
+    |> BackgroundRepo.insert()
+  end
+
   defp get_collected_artist_ids do
     q =
       from ar in ArtistRecord,
diff --git a/lib/music_library/worker/fetch_artist_info.ex b/lib/music_library/worker/fetch_artist_info.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..417fd8fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/music_library/worker/fetch_artist_info.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+defmodule MusicLibrary.Worker.FetchArtistInfo do
+  use Oban.Worker, queue: :default, max_attempts: 3
+
+  @impl Oban.Worker
+  def perform(%Oban.Job{args: %{"id" => artist_id}}) do
+    with {:ok, _artist_info} <- MusicLibrary.Artists.fetch_artist_info(artist_id) do
+      :ok
+    end
+  end
+end