diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index ab5a28a..f5b534a 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -36,14 +36,27 @@ pub fn artist_exists(conn: &Connection, mbid: &str) -> Result<bool, rusqlite::Er
 pub fn get_available_similar_artists(
     conn: &Connection,
     artist_mbid: &str,
-) -> Result<Vec<(String, f64)>, rusqlite::Error> {
+) -> Result<Vec<(String, String, f64)>, rusqlite::Error> {
     let mut stmt = conn.prepare(
-        "SELECT sa.similar_name, sa.match_score
+        "SELECT sa.similar_mbid, sa.similar_name, sa.match_score
          FROM similar_artists sa
          JOIN artists a ON a.mbid = sa.similar_mbid
          WHERE sa.artist_mbid = ?1
          ORDER BY sa.match_score DESC",
     )?;
+    let rows = stmt.query_map([artist_mbid], |row| {
+        Ok((row.get(0)?, row.get(1)?, row.get(2)?))
+    })?;
+    rows.collect()
+}
+
+pub fn get_local_tracks_for_artist(
+    conn: &Connection,
+    artist_mbid: &str,
+) -> Result<Vec<(String, Option<String>)>, rusqlite::Error> {
+    let mut stmt = conn.prepare(
+        "SELECT path, recording_mbid FROM tracks WHERE artist_mbid = ?1",
+    )?;
     let rows = stmt.query_map([artist_mbid], |row| Ok((row.get(0)?, row.get(1)?)))?;
     rows.collect()
 }
diff --git a/src/lastfm.rs b/src/lastfm.rs
index b89a194..96d4002 100644
--- a/src/lastfm.rs
+++ b/src/lastfm.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ pub struct SimilarArtist {
     pub match_score: f64,
 }
 
+pub struct TopTrack {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub mbid: Option<String>,
+    pub playcount: u64,
+    pub listeners: u64,
+}
+
 // Last.fm returns {"error": N, "message": "..."} on failure
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 struct ApiError {
@@ -40,6 +47,24 @@ struct ArtistEntry {
     match_score: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct TopTracksResponse {
+    toptracks: TopTracksWrapper,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct TopTracksWrapper {
+    track: Vec<TrackEntry>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct TrackEntry {
+    name: String,
+    mbid: Option<String>,
+    playcount: String,
+    listeners: String,
+}
+
 impl LastfmClient {
     pub fn new(api_key: String) -> Self {
         Self { api_key }
@@ -75,4 +100,33 @@ impl LastfmClient {
             })
             .collect())
     }
+
+    pub fn get_top_tracks(
+        &self,
+        artist_mbid: &str,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<TopTrack>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        let url = format!(
+            "{}?method=artist.getTopTracks&mbid={}&api_key={}&limit=1000&format=json",
+            BASE_URL, artist_mbid, self.api_key
+        );
+        let body: String = ureq::get(&url).call()?.body_mut().read_to_string()?;
+
+        if let Ok(err) = serde_json::from_str::<ApiError>(&body) {
+            eprintln!("  Last.fm: {}", err.message);
+            return Ok(Vec::new());
+        }
+
+        let resp: TopTracksResponse = serde_json::from_str(&body)?;
+        Ok(resp
+            .toptracks
+            .track
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|t| TopTrack {
+                name: t.name,
+                mbid: t.mbid.filter(|s| !s.is_empty()),
+                playcount: t.playcount.parse().unwrap_or(0),
+                listeners: t.listeners.parse().unwrap_or(0),
+            })
+            .collect())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fab6053..cae7efe 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 fn usage(program: &str) -> ! {
     eprintln!("Usage:");
     eprintln!("  {program} index [-v] <directory>");
-    eprintln!("  {program} build <file>");
+    eprintln!("  {program} build [-v] <file>");
     std::process::exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -105,12 +105,15 @@ fn cmd_index(args: &[String]) {
 }
 
 fn cmd_build(args: &[String]) {
-    if args.len() != 3 {
-        eprintln!("Usage: {} build <file>", args[0]);
+    let verbose = args.iter().any(|a| a == "-v");
+    let rest: Vec<&String> = args.iter().skip(2).filter(|a| *a != "-v").collect();
+
+    if rest.len() != 1 {
+        eprintln!("Usage: {} build [-v] <file>", args[0]);
         std::process::exit(1);
     }
 
-    let path = Path::new(&args[2]);
+    let path = Path::new(rest[0].as_str());
     let artist_mbid = match metadata::read_artist_mbid(path) {
         Ok(Some(mbid)) => mbid,
         Ok(None) => {
@@ -123,17 +126,103 @@ fn cmd_build(args: &[String]) {
         }
     };
 
-    let conn = db::open("playlists.db").expect("failed to open database");
+    dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
+    let api_key = env::var("LASTFM_API_KEY").unwrap_or_default();
+    if api_key.is_empty() {
+        eprintln!("Error: LASTFM_API_KEY not set");
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
 
-    match db::get_available_similar_artists(&conn, &artist_mbid) {
-        Ok(artists) => {
-            for (name, score) in &artists {
-                println!("{name} ({score:.4})");
-            }
-        }
+    let conn = db::open("playlists.db").expect("failed to open database");
+    let lastfm = lastfm::LastfmClient::new(api_key);
+
+    let seed_name = metadata::read_artist_name(path)
+        .ok()
+        .flatten()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| artist_mbid.clone());
+
+    let similar = match db::get_available_similar_artists(&conn, &artist_mbid) {
+        Ok(a) => a,
         Err(e) => {
             eprintln!("DB error: {e}");
             std::process::exit(1);
         }
+    };
+
+    // Seed artist + similar artists: (mbid, name, match_score)
+    let mut artists: Vec<(String, String, f64)> = vec![
+        (artist_mbid.clone(), seed_name, 1.0),
+    ];
+    artists.extend(similar);
+
+    // Collect scored tracks: (total, popularity, match_score, artist_name, path)
+    let mut playlist: Vec<(f64, f64, f64, String, String)> = Vec::new();
+
+    for (mbid, name, match_score) in &artists {
+        let local_tracks = match db::get_local_tracks_for_artist(&conn, mbid) {
+            Ok(t) => t,
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("DB error for {name}: {e}");
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+
+        if local_tracks.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // Fetch top tracks from Last.fm for popularity data
+        let top_tracks = match lastfm.get_top_tracks(mbid) {
+            Ok(t) => t,
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("Last.fm error for {name}: {e}");
+                Vec::new()
+            }
+        };
+
+        // Build a map from recording_mbid -> playcount
+        let mut playcount_by_mbid: std::collections::HashMap<String, u64> =
+            std::collections::HashMap::new();
+        for tt in &top_tracks {
+            if let Some(ref mbid) = tt.mbid {
+                playcount_by_mbid.insert(mbid.clone(), tt.playcount);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Find max ln(playcount) for this artist to normalize
+        let max_ln = top_tracks
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|t| t.playcount > 0)
+            .map(|t| (t.playcount as f64).ln())
+            .fold(f64::NEG_INFINITY, f64::max);
+        let max_ln = if max_ln > 0.0 { max_ln } else { 1.0 };
+
+        for (track_path, recording_mbid) in &local_tracks {
+            let playcount = recording_mbid
+                .as_ref()
+                .and_then(|rec_mbid| playcount_by_mbid.get(rec_mbid).copied());
+
+            // Skip tracks not in the artist's top 1000
+            let Some(playcount) = playcount else { continue };
+
+            let popularity = if playcount > 0 {
+                (playcount as f64).ln() / max_ln
+            } else {
+                0.0
+            };
+
+            let total = match_score * (1.0 + popularity);
+            playlist.push((total, popularity, *match_score, name.clone(), track_path.clone()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    playlist.sort_by(|a, b| b.0.partial_cmp(&a.0).unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal));
+
+    for (total, popularity, similarity, artist, track_path) in &playlist {
+        if verbose {
+            println!("{total:.4}\t{similarity:.4}\t{popularity:.4}\t{artist}\t{track_path}");
+        } else {
+            println!("{total:.4}\t{artist}\t{track_path}");
+        }
     }
 }