diff --git a/zspotify/track.py b/zspotify/track.py
index faa630b..b58abbe 100644
--- a/zspotify/track.py
+++ b/zspotify/track.py
@@ -43,17 +43,23 @@ def get_song_info(song_id) -> Tuple[List[str], List[str], str, str, Any, Any, An
     try:
         artists = []
         genres = []
+        genreRetrieved = False
         for data in info[TRACKS][0][ARTISTS]:
             artists.append(data[NAME])
-            # query artist genres via href, which will be the api url
-            (raw, artistInfo) = ZSpotify.invoke_url(f'{data["href"]}')
-            if ZSpotify.CONFIG.get_allGenres() and len(artistInfo[GENRES]) > 0:
-                for genre in artistInfo[GENRES]:
-                    genres.append(genre)
-            elif len(artistInfo[GENRES]) > 0:
-                genres.append(artistInfo[GENRES][0])
-            else:
-                genres.append('')
+            
+            if not genreRetrieved:
+                # query artist genres via href, which will be the api url
+                (raw, artistInfo) = ZSpotify.invoke_url(f'{data["href"]}')
+                if ZSpotify.CONFIG.get_allGenres() and len(artistInfo[GENRES]) > 0:
+                    genreRetrieved = False
+                    for genre in artistInfo[GENRES]:
+                        genres.append(genre)
+                elif len(artistInfo[GENRES]) > 0:
+                    genres.append(artistInfo[GENRES][0])
+                    genreRetrieved = True
+                else:
+                    genres.append('')
+                    genreRetrieved = True
         album_name = info[TRACKS][0][ALBUM][NAME]
         name = info[TRACKS][0][NAME]
         image_url = info[TRACKS][0][ALBUM][IMAGES][0][URL]