The social dimension of musical genres: why commercial and non-commercial classification systems vary
Keywords:
Collaborative classification, Phonographic industry, Popular music, Classification systemsAbstract
The aim of the paper was to analyze the col/aborative development of classification systems in the fie/d of popular music and discuss how they may differ from those established and guided by the music •ndustry so far. Therefore, we compare the collaborative classification of mus;c that emerges on the Internet with that used by the Phono9raphic lndustry based on the data collected at two websites: Last.fm and AIIMJsic. Through this comparison we found differences between the c/assification cnteria used by users and the commercia/ principies of c/assification found in the catalogues of record labels and music publishers. The results indica te adisuepancy between the uiteria used by the industry to classify artists who belong to the some musical genre and/or market segment, and those associated by the users ,md actual/y perceived, appreciated and consumed by this public.
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