diff --git a/crates/qbz-app/src/settings/reco_store.rs b/crates/qbz-app/src/settings/reco_store.rs
index 60d6f4f56..8cbd4880a 100644
--- a/crates/qbz-app/src/settings/reco_store.rs
+++ b/crates/qbz-app/src/settings/reco_store.rs
@@ -554,6 +554,37 @@ impl RecoStore {
         Ok(artists)
     }
 
+    /// Distinct artist ids the user "knows": played strictly more than
+    /// `play_threshold` times OR favorited at least once. Backs the discovery
+    /// "skip artists I already know" filter with a richer signal (plays +
+    /// favorites) than the play-only `play_history` store.
+    pub fn get_known_artist_ids(
+        &self,
+        play_threshold: u32,
+    ) -> Result<std::collections::HashSet<u64>, String> {
+        let mut stmt = self
+            .conn
+            .prepare(
+                r#"
+                SELECT artist_id
+                FROM reco_events
+                WHERE artist_id IS NOT NULL
+                GROUP BY artist_id
+                HAVING SUM(CASE WHEN event_type = 'play' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) > ?
+                    OR SUM(CASE WHEN event_type = 'favorite' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) > 0
+                "#,
+            )
+            .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to prepare known artists query: {}", e))?;
+        let rows = stmt
+            .query_map(params![play_threshold], |row| row.get::<_, u64>(0))
+            .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to query known artists: {}", e))?;
+        let mut ids = std::collections::HashSet::new();
+        for row in rows {
+            ids.insert(row.map_err(|e| format!("Failed to read known artist row: {}", e))?);
+        }
+        Ok(ids)
+    }
+
     /// The user's most-played genres by event count (mirrors `get_top_genre_ids`).
     /// Returns `(genre_id, genre_name)` — name from `reco_album_meta` (empty if unknown).
     pub fn get_top_genres(&self, limit: u32) -> Result<Vec<(u64, String)>, String> {
@@ -1277,4 +1308,32 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(genres[1].0, 6);
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(dir);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn known_artists_includes_played_and_favorited() {
+        let dir = unique_test_dir("reco-known-artists");
+        let store = RecoStore::new_at(&dir).unwrap();
+        // artist 10: 3 plays (> threshold 2). artist 20: a single favorite, no
+        // plays. artist 30: 1 play, not favorited -> excluded.
+        store.log_play_event(1, Some("a".into()), Some(10), None).unwrap();
+        store.log_play_event(2, Some("a".into()), Some(10), None).unwrap();
+        store.log_play_event(3, Some("a".into()), Some(10), None).unwrap();
+        store
+            .insert_event(&RecoEventInput {
+                event_type: RecoEventType::Favorite,
+                item_type: RecoItemType::Artist,
+                track_id: None,
+                album_id: None,
+                artist_id: Some(20),
+                playlist_id: None,
+                genre_id: None,
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        store.log_play_event(4, Some("c".into()), Some(30), None).unwrap();
+        let known = store.get_known_artist_ids(2).unwrap();
+        assert!(known.contains(&10)); // 3 plays > 2
+        assert!(known.contains(&20)); // favorited
+        assert!(!known.contains(&30)); // 1 play, not favorited
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(dir);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/qbz/src/artist.rs b/crates/qbz/src/artist.rs
index f51eb8614..9262e367a 100644
--- a/crates/qbz/src/artist.rs
+++ b/crates/qbz/src/artist.rs
@@ -1540,7 +1540,17 @@ where
             seed_name,
             &similar_names,
             &|tag| crate::discovery_dismiss::dismissed_for_tag(tag),
-            &|| crate::play_history::known_artists(known_threshold),
+            &|| {
+                // play_history supplies the (id, name) known set; reco augments
+                // the id set with its richer signal (artists played >threshold
+                // OR favorited). Names stay from play_history -- reco_events has
+                // no artist names (schema frozen to match Tauri).
+                let (mut ids, names) = crate::play_history::known_artists(known_threshold);
+                if let Some(reco_ids) = crate::reco::known_artist_ids(known_threshold) {
+                    ids.extend(reco_ids);
+                }
+                (ids, names)
+            },
         )
         .await
         .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
diff --git a/crates/qbz/src/reco.rs b/crates/qbz/src/reco.rs
index 1c9e09bd0..e12df8252 100644
--- a/crates/qbz/src/reco.rs
+++ b/crates/qbz/src/reco.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 //! file is shared with Tauri (`<base_dir>/reco/events.db`), so a user's
 //! existing recommendation history carries across frontends.
 
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 
@@ -230,6 +231,16 @@ pub fn backfill_album_genres(entries: Vec<(String, u64, String)>) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Artist ids the user "knows" — played more than `play_threshold` times OR
+/// favorited — to augment the discovery "skip artists I already know" filter
+/// with the reco signal (plays + favorites, not plays alone). `None` when reco
+/// is cold/disabled, so discovery falls back to the play_history set only.
+pub fn known_artist_ids(play_threshold: u32) -> Option<HashSet<u64>> {
+    let guard = RECO.lock().ok()?;
+    let store = guard.as_ref()?;
+    store.get_known_artist_ids(play_threshold).ok()
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Training (W5)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------