diff --git a/core/tags/artist.c b/core/tags/artist.c
index 689f3323..68f0d668 100644
--- a/core/tags/artist.c
+++ b/core/tags/artist.c
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ static struct artist *__artist_alloc(gchar *name)
 	struct artist *artist = g_malloc(sizeof(struct artist));
 
 	dbe_init(&artist->ar_dbe, artist);
-	artist->ar_name  = name;
-	artist->ar_lower = string_lowercase(name);
+	artist->ar_name     = name;
+	artist->ar_lower    = string_lowercase(name);
+	artist->ar_playlist = NULL;
 
 	return artist;
 }
diff --git a/include/core/tags/artist.h b/include/core/tags/artist.h
index cc94aaad..e0f76c88 100644
--- a/include/core/tags/artist.h
+++ b/include/core/tags/artist.h
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
 #include <core/database.h>
 
 struct artist {
-	gchar *ar_name;  /* This artist's name. */
-	gchar *ar_lower; /* This artist's name (lowercased). */
+	gchar *ar_name;     /* This artist's name.                */
+	gchar *ar_lower;    /* This artist's name (lowercased).   */
+	void  *ar_playlist; /* This artist's associated playlist. */
 	struct db_entry ar_dbe;
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/core/tags/artist.c b/tests/core/tags/artist.c
index bf251054..c35ad242 100644
--- a/tests/core/tags/artist.c
+++ b/tests/core/tags/artist.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ static void test_verify_empty(struct artist *artist)
 	const struct db_ops *artist_ops = test_artist_ops();
 	test_equal(artist->ar_name,  "");
 	test_equal(artist->ar_lower, "");
+	test_equal(artist->ar_playlist, NULL);
 	test_equal(artist_ops->dbe_key(&artist->ar_dbe), "");
 }
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ static void test_verify_koji(struct artist *artist)
 	const struct db_ops *artist_ops = test_artist_ops();
 	test_equal(artist->ar_name,  "Koji Kondo");
 	test_equal(artist->ar_lower, "koji kondo");
+	test_equal(artist->ar_playlist, NULL);
 	test_equal(artist_ops->dbe_key(&artist->ar_dbe), "Koji Kondo");
 }