@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public String GetAlbumArtUrl(AlbumArtSize size)
             }
             return "";
         }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a Bitmap of the album cover in the provided size asynchronous
         /// </summary>
@@ -95,6 +96,24 @@ public async Task<Bitmap> GetAlbumArtAsync(AlbumArtSize size)
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns a byte[] of the the album cover in the provided size asynchronous
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="size">AlbumArtSize (160,320,640)</param>
+        /// <returns>A byte[], which is the albumart in binary data</returns>
+        public async Task<byte[]> GetAlbumArtAsByteArrayAsync(AlbumArtSize size)
+        {
+            using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
+            {
+                wc.Proxy = null;
+                String url = GetAlbumArtUrl(size);
+                if (url == "")
+                    return null;
+                return await wc.DownloadDataTaskAsync(url);
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a Bitmap of the album cover in the provided size
         /// </summary>
@@ -115,5 +134,22 @@ public Bitmap GetAlbumArt(AlbumArtSize size)
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns a byte[] of the album cover in the provided size
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="size">AlbumArtSize (160,320,640)</param>
+        /// <returns>A byte[], which is the albumart in binary data</returns>
+        public byte[] GetAlbumArtAsByteArray(AlbumArtSize size)
+        {
+            using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
+            {
+                wc.Proxy = null;
+                String url = GetAlbumArtUrl(size);
+                if (url == "")
+                    return null;
+                return wc.DownloadData(url);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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`@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public String GetAlbumArtUrl(AlbumArtSize size)`
`75`	`75`	`}`
`76`	`76`	`return "";`
`77`	`77`	`}`
	`78`	`+`
`78`	`79`	`/// <summary>`
`79`	`80`	`/// Returns a Bitmap of the album cover in the provided size asynchronous`
`80`	`81`	`/// </summary>`
`@@ -95,6 +96,24 @@ public async Task<Bitmap> GetAlbumArtAsync(AlbumArtSize size)`
`95`	`96`	`}`
`96`	`97`	`}`
`97`	`98`	`}`
	`99`	`+`
	`100`	`+ /// <summary>`
	`101`	`+ /// Returns a byte[] of the the album cover in the provided size asynchronous`
	`102`	`+ /// </summary>`
	`103`	`+ /// <param name="size">AlbumArtSize (160,320,640)</param>`
	`104`	`+ /// <returns>A byte[], which is the albumart in binary data</returns>`
	`105`	`+ public async Task<byte[]> GetAlbumArtAsByteArrayAsync(AlbumArtSize size)`
	`106`	`+ {`
	`107`	`+ using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())`
	`108`	`+ {`
	`109`	`+ wc.Proxy = null;`
	`110`	`+ String url = GetAlbumArtUrl(size);`
	`111`	`+ if (url == "")`
	`112`	`+ return null;`
	`113`	`+ return await wc.DownloadDataTaskAsync(url);`
	`114`	`+ }`
	`115`	`+ }`
	`116`	`+`
`98`	`117`	`/// <summary>`
`99`	`118`	`/// Returns a Bitmap of the album cover in the provided size`
`100`	`119`	`/// </summary>`
`@@ -115,5 +134,22 @@ public Bitmap GetAlbumArt(AlbumArtSize size)`
`115`	`134`	`}`
`116`	`135`	`}`
`117`	`136`	`}`
	`137`	`+`
	`138`	`+ /// <summary>`
	`139`	`+ /// Returns a byte[] of the album cover in the provided size`
	`140`	`+ /// </summary>`
	`141`	`+ /// <param name="size">AlbumArtSize (160,320,640)</param>`
	`142`	`+ /// <returns>A byte[], which is the albumart in binary data</returns>`
	`143`	`+ public byte[] GetAlbumArtAsByteArray(AlbumArtSize size)`
	`144`	`+ {`
	`145`	`+ using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())`
	`146`	`+ {`
	`147`	`+ wc.Proxy = null;`
	`148`	`+ String url = GetAlbumArtUrl(size);`
	`149`	`+ if (url == "")`
	`150`	`+ return null;`
	`151`	`+ return wc.DownloadData(url);`
	`152`	`+ }`
	`153`	`+ }`
`118`	`154`	`}`
`119`	`155`	`}`