diff --git a/src/libs/services/recommendation/impl/audio-similarity/AudioSimilarityEngine.impl.hpp b/src/libs/services/recommendation/impl/audio-similarity/AudioSimilarityEngine.impl.hpp
index 550d2871..0665d632 100644
--- a/src/libs/services/recommendation/impl/audio-similarity/AudioSimilarityEngine.impl.hpp
+++ b/src/libs/services/recommendation/impl/audio-similarity/AudioSimilarityEngine.impl.hpp
@@ -612,6 +612,11 @@ namespace lms::recommendation
         });
 
         db::Artist::find(session, db::Artist::FindParameters{}, [&](const db::Artist::pointer& artist) {
+            const auto mbid{ artist->getMBID() };
+            // skip "Various Artists" to avoid false artist matches
+            if (mbid && mbid->getAsString() == "89ad4ac3-39f7-470e-963a-56509c546377")
+                return;
+
             std::unordered_set<db::TrackId> artistTrackIds;
 
             {
diff --git a/src/libs/services/recommendation/impl/clusters/ClustersEngine.cpp b/src/libs/services/recommendation/impl/clusters/ClustersEngine.cpp
index 3da0a3fc..9e9b88a3 100644
--- a/src/libs/services/recommendation/impl/clusters/ClustersEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/services/recommendation/impl/clusters/ClustersEngine.cpp
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ namespace lms::recommendation
         });
 
         db::Artist::find(session, db::Artist::FindParameters{}, [&](const db::Artist::pointer& artist) {
+            const auto mbid{ artist->getMBID() };
+            // skip "Various Artists" to avoid false artist matches
+            if (mbid && mbid->getAsString() == "89ad4ac3-39f7-470e-963a-56509c546377")
+                return;
+
             std::unordered_set<db::TrackId> artistTrackIds;
 
             {