diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/BreadcrumbButton.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/BreadcrumbButton.cpp
index e298d4b5b..4a94b469a 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/BreadcrumbButton.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/BreadcrumbButton.cpp
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@ BreadcrumbButton::sizeHint() const
     return m_combo->sizeHint() + QSize( padding, 0 );
 }
 
-bool caseInsensitiveLessThan( const QString &s1, const QString &s2 )
-{
-    return s1.toLower() < s2.toLower();
-}
 
 void
 BreadcrumbButton::setParentIndex( const QModelIndex& idx )
@@ -116,19 +112,12 @@ BreadcrumbButton::setParentIndex( const QModelIndex& idx )
     QStringList list;
     int count = m_model->rowCount( m_parentIndex );
     int defaultIndex = -1, userSelected = -1;
-
-    // Two-pass so we can sort the list first
-    for ( int i = 0; i < count; ++i )
-    {
-        list << m_model->index( i, 0, m_parentIndex ).data().toString();
-    }
-    qSort( list.begin(), list.end(), caseInsensitiveLessThan );
-
     for ( int i = 0; i < count; ++i )
     {
         QModelIndex idx = m_model->index( i, 0, m_parentIndex );
         if ( idx.isValid() )
         {
+            list << idx.data().toString();
             if ( idx.data( Breadcrumb::DefaultRole ).toBool() )
                 defaultIndex = i;
             if ( idx.data( Breadcrumb::UserSelectedRole ).toBool() )
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/whatshotwidget.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/whatshotwidget.cpp
index f96ca18ba..a0ac24639 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/whatshotwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/whatshotwidget.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static QString s_whatsHotIdentifier = QString( "WhatsHotWidget" );
 WhatsHotWidget::WhatsHotWidget( QWidget* parent )
     : QWidget( parent )
     , ui( new Ui::WhatsHotWidget )
+    , m_sortedProxy( 0 )
 {
     ui->setupUi( this );
 
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ WhatsHotWidget::WhatsHotWidget( QWidget* parent )
     TomahawkUtils::unmarginLayout( ui->verticalLayout->layout() );
 
     m_crumbModelLeft = new QStandardItemModel( this );
+    m_sortedProxy = new QSortFilterProxyModel( this );
+    m_sortedProxy->setDynamicSortFilter( true );
+    m_sortedProxy->setFilterCaseSensitivity( Qt::CaseInsensitive );
 
     ui->breadCrumbLeft->setRootIcon( QPixmap( RESPATH "images/charts.png" ) );
 
@@ -209,7 +213,9 @@ WhatsHotWidget::infoSystemInfo( Tomahawk::InfoSystem::InfoRequestData requestDat
                 }
             }
 
-            ui->breadCrumbLeft->setModel( m_crumbModelLeft );
+            m_sortedProxy->setSourceModel( m_crumbModelLeft );
+            m_sortedProxy->sort( 0, Qt::AscendingOrder );
+            ui->breadCrumbLeft->setModel( m_sortedProxy );
             break;
         }
         case InfoSystem::InfoChart:
@@ -310,7 +316,7 @@ void
 WhatsHotWidget::leftCrumbIndexChanged( QModelIndex index )
 {
     tDebug( LOGVERBOSE ) << "WhatsHot:: left crumb changed" << index.data();
-    QStandardItem* item = m_crumbModelLeft->itemFromIndex( index );
+    QStandardItem* item = m_crumbModelLeft->itemFromIndex( m_sortedProxy->mapToSource( index ) );
     if( !item )
         return;
     if( !item->data( Breadcrumb::ChartIdRole ).isValid() )
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/whatshotwidget.h b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/whatshotwidget.h
index dcfa34f3a..ecd0be8ef 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/whatshotwidget.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/whatshotwidget.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include "dllmacro.h"
 
+class QSortFilterProxyModel;
 class QStandardItemModel;
 class QStandardItem;
 class TreeModel;
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ private:
     Ui::WhatsHotWidget *ui;
 
     QStandardItemModel* m_crumbModelLeft;
+    QSortFilterProxyModel* m_sortedProxy;
 
     // Cache our model data
     QHash< QString, AlbumModel* > m_albumModels;