diff --git a/data/interfaces/default/manage.html b/data/interfaces/default/manage.html
index 19cc9ac4..88e26d8a 100644
--- a/data/interfaces/default/manage.html
+++ b/data/interfaces/default/manage.html
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 				<a href="#" onclick="doAjaxCall('forceUpdate',$(this))" data-success="Update active artists successful" data-error="Error forcing update artists"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-heart"></span>Force Update Active Artists</a>
 				<a href="#" onclick="doAjaxCall('forcePostProcess',$(this))" data-success="Post-Processor is being loaded" data-error="Error during Post-Processing"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-wrench"></span>Force Post-Process Albums in Download Folder</a>
 				<a href="#" onclick="doAjaxCall('checkGithub',$(this))" data-success="Checking for update successful" data-error="Error checking for update"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-refresh"></span>Check for Headphones Updates</a>
+				<a href="#" onclick="doAjaxCall('deleteEmptyArtists',$(this))" data-success="Empty Artists deleted" data-error="Error deleting empty artists"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-trash"></span>Delete empty Artists</a>
 			</div>
 		</fieldset>
 		
diff --git a/headphones/webserve.py b/headphones/webserve.py
index 799d84f3..cbb82e4e 100644
--- a/headphones/webserve.py
+++ b/headphones/webserve.py
@@ -190,6 +190,20 @@ class WebInterface(object):
         raise cherrypy.HTTPRedirect("home")
     deleteArtist.exposed = True
     
+
+    def deleteEmptyArtists(self):
+        logger.info(u"Deleting all empty artists")
+        myDB = db.DBConnection()
+        emptyArtistIDs = [row['ArtistID'] for row in myDB.select("SELECT ArtistID FROM artists WHERE HaveTracks == 0 OR LatestAlbum IS NULL")]
+        for ArtistID in emptyArtistIDs:
+            logger.info(u"Deleting all traces of artist: " + ArtistID)
+            myDB.action('DELETE from artists WHERE ArtistID=?', [ArtistID])
+            myDB.action('DELETE from albums WHERE ArtistID=?', [ArtistID])
+            myDB.action('DELETE from tracks WHERE ArtistID=?', [ArtistID])
+            myDB.action('INSERT OR REPLACE into blacklist VALUES (?)', [ArtistID])
+    deleteEmptyArtists.exposed = True     
+   
+        
     def refreshArtist(self, ArtistID):
         threading.Thread(target=importer.addArtisttoDB, args=[ArtistID]).start()  
         raise cherrypy.HTTPRedirect("artistPage?ArtistID=%s" % ArtistID)