diff --git a/adapters/deezer/deezer.go b/adapters/deezer/deezer.go
index ed3071766..d8e832cf1 100644
--- a/adapters/deezer/deezer.go
+++ b/adapters/deezer/deezer.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package deezer
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/conf"
@@ -95,13 +97,32 @@ func (s *deezerAgent) searchArtist(ctx context.Context, name string) (*Artist, e
 		}
 	}
 
-	// If the first one has the same name, that's the one
-	if !strings.EqualFold(artists[0].Name, name) {
-		log.Trace(ctx, "Top artist do not match", "searched_name", name, "found_name", artists[0].Name)
+	// Deezer's RANKING order isn't reliable for homonyms: rank name matches
+	// ahead of non-matches, prefer an exact-case match, then the most fans.
+	rank := func(a Artist) int {
+		switch {
+		case a.Name == name:
+			return 2
+		case strings.EqualFold(a.Name, name):
+			return 1
+		default:
+			return 0
+		}
+	}
+	slices.SortFunc(artists, func(a, b Artist) int {
+		return cmp.Or(
+			cmp.Compare(rank(b), rank(a)),
+			cmp.Compare(b.NbFan, a.NbFan),
+			cmp.Compare(a.ID, b.ID),
+		)
+	})
+	best := artists[0]
+	if !strings.EqualFold(best.Name, name) {
+		log.Trace(ctx, "No artist matched the searched name", "searched_name", name, "found_name", artists[0].Name)
 		return nil, agents.ErrNotFound
 	}
-	log.Trace(ctx, "Found artist", "name", artists[0].Name, "id", artists[0].ID, "link", artists[0].Link)
-	return &artists[0], err
+	log.Trace(ctx, "Found artist", "name", best.Name, "id", best.ID, "link", best.Link, "nb_fan", best.NbFan)
+	return new(best), nil
 }
 
 func (s *deezerAgent) GetSimilarArtists(ctx context.Context, _, name, _ string, limit int) ([]agents.Artist, error) {
diff --git a/adapters/deezer/deezer_test.go b/adapters/deezer/deezer_test.go
index 4dd251585..f478af115 100644
--- a/adapters/deezer/deezer_test.go
+++ b/adapters/deezer/deezer_test.go
@@ -34,6 +34,66 @@ var _ = Describe("deezerAgent", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
+	Describe("searchArtist", func() {
+		var agent *deezerAgent
+		var httpClient *fakeHttpClient
+
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			httpClient = &fakeHttpClient{}
+			agent = &deezerAgent{
+				dataStore: &tests.MockDataStore{},
+				client:    newClient(httpClient),
+			}
+		})
+
+		It("picks the exact-name match with the most fans when several share the name", func() {
+			// Deezer RANKING order returns a low-popularity homonym first (see issue #5802)
+			httpClient.mock("https://api.deezer.com/search/artist", http.Response{
+				StatusCode: 200,
+				Body: io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBufferString(`{"data":[
+					{"id":61045802,"name":"Queen","nb_fan":75},
+					{"id":141954732,"name":"Queen","nb_fan":397},
+					{"id":135041032,"name":"Queen(Ares)","nb_fan":133},
+					{"id":183179807,"name":"Queen","nb_fan":53},
+					{"id":412,"name":"Queen","nb_fan":12744378}
+				],"total":5}`)),
+			})
+
+			artist, err := agent.searchArtist(ctx, "Queen")
+
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(artist.ID).To(Equal(412))
+		})
+
+		It("matches the name case-insensitively", func() {
+			httpClient.mock("https://api.deezer.com/search/artist", http.Response{
+				StatusCode: 200,
+				Body: io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBufferString(`{"data":[
+					{"id":1,"name":"QUEEN","nb_fan":10},
+					{"id":2,"name":"queen","nb_fan":20}
+				],"total":2}`)),
+			})
+
+			artist, err := agent.searchArtist(ctx, "Queen")
+
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(artist.ID).To(Equal(2))
+		})
+
+		It("returns ErrNotFound when no result matches the name exactly", func() {
+			httpClient.mock("https://api.deezer.com/search/artist", http.Response{
+				StatusCode: 200,
+				Body: io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBufferString(`{"data":[
+					{"id":1,"name":"Queens of the Stone Age","nb_fan":100}
+				],"total":1}`)),
+			})
+
+			_, err := agent.searchArtist(ctx, "Queen")
+
+			Expect(err).To(MatchError(agents.ErrNotFound))
+		})
+	})
+
 	Describe("GetArtistBiography - Language Fallback", func() {
 		var agent *deezerAgent
 		var httpClient *langAwareHttpClient