diff --git a/src/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests/Api/Commands/Tag/GetTopArtistsCommandTests.cs b/src/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests/Api/Commands/Tag/GetTopArtistsCommandTests.cs
index 60e6f881..9d89f215 100644
--- a/src/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests/Api/Commands/Tag/GetTopArtistsCommandTests.cs
+++ b/src/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests/Api/Commands/Tag/GetTopArtistsCommandTests.cs
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ public async Task HandleSuccessResponse()
             Assert.IsTrue(parsed.Success);
             Assert.IsNotNull(parsed.Content);
         }
-
+        
         [Test]
-        public async Task HandleErrorResponse()
+        public async Task ErrorIfTagIsEmpty()
         {
             var command = new GetTopArtistsCommand(MAuth.Object, "errorTag");
-
+            
             var response = CreateResponseMessage(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(TagApiResponses.GetTopArtistsError));
 
             var parsed = await command.HandleResponse(response);
diff --git a/src/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests.csproj b/src/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests.csproj
index e6306898..310c2edd 100644
--- a/src/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests.csproj
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@
     <None Include="Resources\GetTopArtistsError.json" />
     <None Include="Resources\GetTopArtistsSingle.json" />
     <None Include="Resources\GetTopArtistsSuccess.json" />
-    <None Include="Resources\GetTopArtistsSuccess.txt" />
     <Content Include="Resources\TrackApi\TrackScrobbleTwoRequestBody.txt" />
     <None Include="app.config">
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
diff --git a/src/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests/Resources/GetTopArtistsError.json b/src/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests/Resources/GetTopArtistsError.json
index 0dc8f28e..781b34bb 100644
--- a/src/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests/Resources/GetTopArtistsError.json
+++ b/src/IF.Lastfm.Core.Tests/Resources/GetTopArtistsError.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "topartists": {
     "artist": [],
     "@attr": {
-      "tag": "asfasf",
+      "tag": "",
       "page": "1",
       "perPage": "1",
       "totalPages": "0",
diff --git a/src/IF.Lastfm.Core/Api/Commands/Tag/GetTopArtistsCommand.cs b/src/IF.Lastfm.Core/Api/Commands/Tag/GetTopArtistsCommand.cs
index eb168928..2efc4da7 100644
--- a/src/IF.Lastfm.Core/Api/Commands/Tag/GetTopArtistsCommand.cs
+++ b/src/IF.Lastfm.Core/Api/Commands/Tag/GetTopArtistsCommand.cs
@@ -28,19 +28,25 @@ public override void SetParameters()
         public override async Task<PageResponse<LastArtist>> HandleResponse(HttpResponseMessage response)
         {
             var json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+            var jtoken = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JToken>(json);
+            var resultsToken = jtoken.SelectToken("topartists");
 
             LastResponseStatus status;
             if (LastFm.IsResponseValid(json, out status) && response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
             {
-                var jtoken = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JToken>(json);
-                var resultsToken = jtoken.SelectToken("topartists");
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(resultsToken.SelectToken("@attr.tag").Value<string>()))
+                {
+                    return PageResponse<LastArtist>.CreateErrorResponse(LastResponseStatus.MissingParameters);
+                }
+
                 var itemsToken = resultsToken.SelectToken("artist");
 
                 return PageResponse<LastArtist>.CreateSuccessResponse(itemsToken, resultsToken, LastArtist.ParseJToken, LastPageResultsType.Attr);
             }
             else
             {
-                return LastResponse.CreateErrorResponse<PageResponse<LastArtist>>(status);
+                // The tag api always returns a "valid" response, so 
+                return PageResponse<LastArtist>.CreateErrorResponse(status);
             }
         }
     }