diff --git a/beetsplug/lyrics.py b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
index 81040af3af..16696d4254 100644
--- a/beetsplug/lyrics.py
+++ b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ def is_lyrics(self, text, artist=None):
 
         bad_triggers = ['lyrics', 'copyright', 'property', 'links']
         if artist:
-            bad_triggers_occ += [artist]
+            bad_triggers += [artist]
 
         for item in bad_triggers:
             bad_triggers_occ += [item] * len(re.findall(r'\W%s\W' % item,
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 6ea5ae1238..0268aa2f92 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ New features:
   instead of just the child work.
   Thanks to :user:`aereaux`.
   :bug:`3650`
+* :doc:`/plugins/lyrics`: Fix a bug in the heuristic for detecting valid
+  lyrics in the Google source of the lyrics plugin
+  :bug:`2969`
 
 Fixes: