Mainstreaminess

Support the underground: characteristics of beyond-mainstream music listeners
Music recommender systems have become an integral part of music streaming services such as Spotify and Last.fm to assist users …
Dominik Kowald, Peter Müllner, Eva Zangerle, Christine Bauer, Markus Schedl, Elisabeth Lex
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PLOS ONE article on global and country-specific mainstreaminess out now!

I proudly present the PLOS ONE article by Markus Schedl and me: We analyze music preferences in 47 countries with respect to what is considered mainstream in a particular country. And, of course, we evaluate recommendation approaches considering users’ mainstreaminess.

13 June 2019 1 min read News
Cross-country user connections in an online social network for music
Social connections and cultural aspects play important roles in shaping an individual’s preferences. For instance, people tend to …
Christine Bauer, Markus Schedl
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Global and country-specific mainstreaminess measures: Definitions, analysis, and usage for improving personalized music recommendation systems

RELEVANCE: Popularity-based approaches are widely adopted in music recommendation systems, both in industry and research. These …

Christine Bauer, Markus Schedl
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An analysis of global and regional mainstreaminess for personalized music recommender systems
The music mainstreaminess of a listener reflects how strong a person’s listening preferences correspond to those of the larger …
Markus Schedl, Christine Bauer
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On the importance of considering country-specific aspects on the online-market: an example of music recommendation considering country-specific mainstream
In the field of music recommender systems, country-specific aspects have received little attention, although it is known that music …
Christine Bauer, Markus Schedl
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Introducing global and regional mainstreaminess for improving personalized music recommendation
The music mainstreaminess of a user reflects how strong a user’s listening preferences correspond to those of the larger …
Markus Schedl, Christine Bauer
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Introducing global and regional mainstreaminess for improving personalized music recommendation
Distance- and rank-based music mainstreaminess measurement
A music listener’s mainstreaminess indicates the extent to which her listening preferences correspond to those of the population …
Markus Schedl, Christine Bauer
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