pop, R&B, and rock. The authors acknowledge that their chosen corpus has some problems. Last.fm’s user base is a specific subset of Western music listeners: predominantly men between 20 and 30 years ...

Rock music was becoming heavier with more distortion being added to guitars, which saw Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith, Van Halen, and AC/DC all becoming popular by the end of the decade, as well as the ...