diff --git a/crates/qbz-qt/qml/assets/icons/primary/crown.svg b/crates/qbz-qt/qml/assets/icons/primary/crown.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0b05f20a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/qbz-qt/qml/assets/icons/primary/crown.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="#ffffff" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M11.562 3.266a.5.5 0 0 1 .876 0L15.39 8.87a1 1 0 0 0 1.516.294L21.183 5.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .798.519l-2.834 10.246a1 1 0 0 1-.956.734H5.81a1 1 0 0 1-.957-.734L2.02 6.02a.5.5 0 0 1 .798-.519l4.276 3.664a1 1 0 0 0 1.516-.294z"/><path d="M5 21h14"/></svg>
diff --git a/crates/qbz-qt/qml/assets/icons/warning/crown.svg b/crates/qbz-qt/qml/assets/icons/warning/crown.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc4d96a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/qbz-qt/qml/assets/icons/warning/crown.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="#fbbf24" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M11.562 3.266a.5.5 0 0 1 .876 0L15.39 8.87a1 1 0 0 0 1.516.294L21.183 5.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .798.519l-2.834 10.246a1 1 0 0 1-.956.734H5.81a1 1 0 0 1-.957-.734L2.02 6.02a.5.5 0 0 1 .798-.519l4.276 3.664a1 1 0 0 0 1.516-.294z"/><path d="M5 21h14"/></svg>
diff --git a/crates/qbz-qt/qml/views/SearchView.qml b/crates/qbz-qt/qml/views/SearchView.qml
index d183c955a..c80f5df61 100644
--- a/crates/qbz-qt/qml/views/SearchView.qml
+++ b/crates/qbz-qt/qml/views/SearchView.qml
@@ -247,9 +247,17 @@ Rectangle {
         property var card: ({})
         property string qualityLabel: ""
         color: "transparent"
+        // EXPLICIT size, and load-bearing: a bare Rectangle's implicit size
+        // is 0x0 (Item does NOT size from children), and the hero slot centers
+        // it — so the whole card painted from the slot's CENTER, ~100px into
+        // the Artists carousel, whenever the top result was a track (the
+        // artist/album arms carry their own 200px and never shifted).
+        width: 200
+        height: heroCol.implicitHeight
         readonly property bool overlayOn: heroArtArea.containsMouse
 
         Column {
+            id: heroCol
             spacing: 0
             Rectangle {
                 width: 200
@@ -508,7 +516,10 @@ Rectangle {
                             spacing: 12
                             Row {
                                 spacing: 8
-                                QbzIcon { name: "award"; width: 18; height: 18; tintName: "warning" }
+                                // The crown, 1:1 with the reference
+                                // (SearchResultsView.slint:584) — the POC's
+                                // "award" read as a mic.
+                                QbzIcon { name: "crown"; width: 18; height: 18; tintName: "warning" }
                                 Text {
                                     text: QbzSession.tr("Most popular", QbzSession.trRev)
                                     color: theme.textPrimary
diff --git a/crates/qbz-qt/src/icon_tint_qt.rs b/crates/qbz-qt/src/icon_tint_qt.rs
index 104f18004..439eae20c 100644
--- a/crates/qbz-qt/src/icon_tint_qt.rs
+++ b/crates/qbz-qt/src/icon_tint_qt.rs
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ const MASTERS: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("disc", include_str!("../qml/assets/icons/primary/disc.svg")),
     ("element-connect", include_str!("../qml/assets/icons/primary/element-connect.svg")),
     ("ellipsis", include_str!("../qml/assets/icons/primary/ellipsis.svg")),
+    ("crown", include_str!("../qml/assets/icons/primary/crown.svg")),
     ("external-link", include_str!("../qml/assets/icons/primary/external-link.svg")),
     ("eye-off", include_str!("../qml/assets/icons/primary/eye-off.svg")),
     ("eye", include_str!("../qml/assets/icons/primary/eye.svg")),