Play it again, Sam? Reference-point formation and differentiation in the music industry

Newly released music is never assessed in isolation by audiences, who tend to compare objective (sonic attributes) and subjective (genre affiliations) elements of its identity with the previous musical catalog of the corresponding artist, his or her musically proximal peers, and the most successful...

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Autores: Deshmane, A.D. (Abhishek Dinkar)|||/items/f60c277c-43f8-4567-8435-9b8bd37a011d, Martínez-de-Albéniz-Margalef, V. (Víctor)|||/items/9d4f9673-a124-4f1a-8865-57fec2f60df7
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/119755
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/119755
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Palavra-chave:New product development
Product differentiation
Reference effects
Attachment
Satiation
Music
Cultural operations
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spelling Play it again, Sam? Reference-point formation and differentiation in the music industryDeshmane, A.D. (Abhishek Dinkar)|||/items/f60c277c-43f8-4567-8435-9b8bd37a011dMartínez-de-Albéniz-Margalef, V. (Víctor)|||/items/9d4f9673-a124-4f1a-8865-57fec2f60df7New product developmentProduct differentiationReference effectsAttachmentSatiationMusicCultural operationsNewly released music is never assessed in isolation by audiences, who tend to compare objective (sonic attributes) and subjective (genre affiliations) elements of its identity with the previous musical catalog of the corresponding artist, his or her musically proximal peers, and the most successful releases in the market. In this paper, we provide a general framework that disentangles the objective and subjective identities of new musical releases and evaluates how differentiation affects audience reactions. We posit that radio stations, who seek commercial success, have different preferences toward differentiation in comparison with critics, who grant cultural legitimacy in the industry. Combining play numbers, reviews, and music description data from different sources, we find that radio stations prefer consistency in the musical style of successive releases by the focal artist and especially favor albums that sound similar to chart toppers. Critics, however, exhibit opposite preferences, preferring novelty compared with past works of the artist, while remaining uninfluenced by contemporaneous music dynamics. Our moderation checks reveal that decisions around genre affiliations and scheduling of new releases aid music producers to effectively manage audience expectations. This suggests that data-driven decision support systems can help artists to strategically release new products that cater to heterogeneous tastes.Institute for Operations Research and Management SciencesDadun. Depósito Académico Digital Universidad de Navarra20252025-01-2720252025-01-27journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10171/119755reponame:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarrainstname:Universidad de NavarraInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/1197552026-06-21T12:47:57Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Play it again, Sam? Reference-point formation and differentiation in the music industry
title Play it again, Sam? Reference-point formation and differentiation in the music industry
spellingShingle Play it again, Sam? Reference-point formation and differentiation in the music industry
Deshmane, A.D. (Abhishek Dinkar)|||/items/f60c277c-43f8-4567-8435-9b8bd37a011d
New product development
Product differentiation
Reference effects
Attachment
Satiation
Music
Cultural operations
title_short Play it again, Sam? Reference-point formation and differentiation in the music industry
title_full Play it again, Sam? Reference-point formation and differentiation in the music industry
title_fullStr Play it again, Sam? Reference-point formation and differentiation in the music industry
title_full_unstemmed Play it again, Sam? Reference-point formation and differentiation in the music industry
title_sort Play it again, Sam? Reference-point formation and differentiation in the music industry
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Deshmane, A.D. (Abhishek Dinkar)|||/items/f60c277c-43f8-4567-8435-9b8bd37a011d
Martínez-de-Albéniz-Margalef, V. (Víctor)|||/items/9d4f9673-a124-4f1a-8865-57fec2f60df7
author Deshmane, A.D. (Abhishek Dinkar)|||/items/f60c277c-43f8-4567-8435-9b8bd37a011d
author_facet Deshmane, A.D. (Abhishek Dinkar)|||/items/f60c277c-43f8-4567-8435-9b8bd37a011d
Martínez-de-Albéniz-Margalef, V. (Víctor)|||/items/9d4f9673-a124-4f1a-8865-57fec2f60df7
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv New product development
Product differentiation
Reference effects
Attachment
Satiation
Music
Cultural operations
topic New product development
Product differentiation
Reference effects
Attachment
Satiation
Music
Cultural operations
description Newly released music is never assessed in isolation by audiences, who tend to compare objective (sonic attributes) and subjective (genre affiliations) elements of its identity with the previous musical catalog of the corresponding artist, his or her musically proximal peers, and the most successful releases in the market. In this paper, we provide a general framework that disentangles the objective and subjective identities of new musical releases and evaluates how differentiation affects audience reactions. We posit that radio stations, who seek commercial success, have different preferences toward differentiation in comparison with critics, who grant cultural legitimacy in the industry. Combining play numbers, reviews, and music description data from different sources, we find that radio stations prefer consistency in the musical style of successive releases by the focal artist and especially favor albums that sound similar to chart toppers. Critics, however, exhibit opposite preferences, preferring novelty compared with past works of the artist, while remaining uninfluenced by contemporaneous music dynamics. Our moderation checks reveal that decisions around genre affiliations and scheduling of new releases aid music producers to effectively manage audience expectations. This suggests that data-driven decision support systems can help artists to strategically release new products that cater to heterogeneous tastes.
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