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Why Spotify Should Care About Local Music in the Coming Age of Generative Music

February 28, 2025

Summary: With the rise of generative music, some listeners will increasingly value “authentic” music experiences with human artists who perform live shows within their communities. Spotify must position itself as...

General, Research

Three Forms of Popularity Bias

September 18, 2023

In our research on long-tail music recommendation, we have come across three distinct forms of popularity bias: In this post, we will discuss all three and describe some of our...

Popularity bias in Steaming Music Services

Publications, Research

Not Finding Popularity Bias in Recommendations from Music Streaming Services

December 4, 2022

One of the emerging topics in machine learning research is “fairness” and “bias” in recommendation algorithms. For example, when a job site only recommends certain applicants for certain high-value jobs,...