diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/OrganizerTests/FileNameBuilderTests/ArtistNameFirstCharacterGroupFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/OrganizerTests/FileNameBuilderTests/ArtistNameFirstCharacterGroupFixture.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbbc7783f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/OrganizerTests/FileNameBuilderTests/ArtistNameFirstCharacterGroupFixture.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using FizzWare.NBuilder;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Music;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Organizer;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Qualities;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Test.Framework;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.OrganizerTests.FileNameBuilderTests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class ArtistNameFirstCharacterGroupFixture : CoreTest<FileNameBuilder>
+    {
+        private Artist _artist;
+        private NamingConfig _namingConfig;
+
+        [SetUp]
+        public void Setup()
+        {
+            _artist = Builder<Artist>
+                    .CreateNew()
+                    .Build();
+
+            _namingConfig = NamingConfig.Default;
+            _namingConfig.RenameTracks = true;
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<INamingConfigService>()
+                  .Setup(c => c.GetConfig()).Returns(_namingConfig);
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IQualityDefinitionService>()
+                .Setup(v => v.Get(Moq.It.IsAny<Quality>()))
+                .Returns<Quality>(v => Quality.DefaultQualityDefinitions.First(c => c.Quality == v));
+        }
+
+        [TestCase("The Mist", "MNO", "The Mist")]
+        [TestCase("A", "ABC", "A")]
+        [TestCase("30 Rock", "0-9", "30 Rock")]
+        [TestCase("The '80s Greatest", "0-9", "The '80s Greatest")]
+        [TestCase("좀비버스", "좀", "좀비버스")]
+        [TestCase("¡Mucha Lucha!", "MNO", "¡Mucha Lucha!")]
+        [TestCase(".hack", "GHI", "hack")]
+        [TestCase("Ütopya", "STU", "Ütopya")]
+        [TestCase("Æon Flux", "ABC", "Æon Flux")]
+        [TestCase("Yabbadabbadoo", "YZ", "Yabbadabbadoo")]
+        public void should_get_expected_folder_name_back(string title, string parent, string child)
+        {
+            _artist.Name = title;
+            _namingConfig.ArtistFolderFormat = "{Artist NameFirstCharacterGroup}\\{Artist Name}";
+
+            Subject.GetArtistFolder(_artist).Should().Be(Path.Combine(parent, child));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_be_able_to_use_lower_case_first_character()
+        {
+            _artist.Name = "Westworld";
+            _namingConfig.ArtistFolderFormat = "{Artist NameFirstCharacterGroup}\\{artist name}";
+
+            Subject.GetArtistFolder(_artist).Should().Be(Path.Combine("VWX", "westworld"));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Organizer/FileNameBuilder.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Organizer/FileNameBuilder.cs
index 36ec1227e..4756dfad8 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Organizer/FileNameBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Organizer/FileNameBuilder.cs
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Organizer
 
         private static readonly Regex ReservedDeviceNamesRegex = new Regex(@"^(?:aux|com[1-9]|con|lpt[1-9]|nul|prn)\.", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
 
+        private static readonly List<(string Range, string Group)> ArtistNameGroups = new List<(string Range, string Group)>
+        {
+            ("0-9", "0-9"), ("A-C", "ABC"), ("D-F", "DEF"), ("G-I", "GHI"),
+            ("J-L", "JKL"), ("M-O", "MNO"), ("P-R", "PQR"), ("S-U", "STU"),
+            ("V-X", "VWX"), ("Y-Z", "YZ")
+        };
+
         public FileNameBuilder(INamingConfigService namingConfigService,
                                IQualityDefinitionService qualityDefinitionService,
                                ICacheManager cacheManager,
@@ -282,6 +289,24 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Organizer
             return "_";
         }
 
+        public static string TitleFirstCharacterGroup(string title)
+        {
+            var firstChar = TitleFirstCharacter(title);
+            if (firstChar == "_")
+            {
+                return firstChar;
+            }
+
+            var group = ArtistNameGroups.FirstOrDefault(g => firstChar[0] >= g.Range[0] && firstChar[0] <= g.Range[2]);
+            if (group == default)
+            {
+                // If it turns out not to be a Latin character, fall back to the single character
+                return firstChar;
+            }
+
+            return group.Group;
+        }
+
         public static string CleanFileName(string name)
         {
             return CleanFileName(name, NamingConfig.Default);
@@ -301,6 +326,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Organizer
             tokenHandlers["{Artist NameThe}"] = m => TitleThe(artist.Name);
             tokenHandlers["{Artist Genre}"] = m => artist.Metadata.Value.Genres?.FirstOrDefault() ?? string.Empty;
             tokenHandlers["{Artist NameFirstCharacter}"] = m => TitleFirstCharacter(TitleThe(artist.Name));
+            tokenHandlers["{Artist NameFirstCharacterGroup"] = m => TitleFirstCharacterGroup(TitleThe(artist.Name));
             tokenHandlers["{Artist MbId}"] = m => artist.ForeignArtistId ?? string.Empty;
 
             if (artist.Metadata.Value.Disambiguation != null)