diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/musicalbumartists.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/musicalbumartists.js
index 9c4a68ab53..bfaf5db0aa 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/musicalbumartists.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/musicalbumartists.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
         SortBy: "SortName",
         SortOrder: "Ascending",
-        IncludeItemTypes: "MusicArtist",
         Recursive: true,
         Fields: "DateCreated",
         StartIndex: 0
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
 
         Dashboard.showLoadingMsg();
 
-        ApiClient.getItems(Dashboard.getCurrentUserId(), query).done(function (result) {
+        ApiClient.getAlbumArtists(Dashboard.getCurrentUserId(), query).done(function (result) {
 
             // Scroll back up so they can see the results from the beginning
             $(document).scrollTop(0);
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/mediabrowser.apiclient.js b/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/mediabrowser.apiclient.js
index baa4da72dd..54ab1bfbc9 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/mediabrowser.apiclient.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/mediabrowser.apiclient.js
@@ -2613,6 +2613,27 @@ MediaBrowser.ApiClient = function ($, navigator, JSON, WebSocket, setTimeout, wi
             });
         };
 
+        /**
+            Gets artists from an item
+        */
+        self.getAlbumArtists = function (userId, options) {
+
+            if (!userId) {
+                throw new Error("null userId");
+            }
+
+            options = options || {};
+            options.userId = userId;
+
+            var url = self.getUrl("AlbumArtists", options);
+
+            return self.ajax({
+                type: "GET",
+                url: url,
+                dataType: "json"
+            });
+        };
+
         /**
             Gets genres from an item
         */