Considering emotions and contextual factors in music recommendation

• Willian Garcias de Assunção Federal University of São Carlos http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0552-9013
• Lara Schibelsky Godoy Piccolo‬ The Open University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6503-8016
• Luciana Aparecida Martinez Zaina Federal University of São Carlos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1736-544X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/ihc_estendido.2022.225557

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to present the results of a Systematic Literature Review (RSL) study that investigates music recommendation approaches that consider emotions and/or context (research question 1) as the main gaps and challenges that still remain and need to be addressed by future research (research question 2). After an extensive research, 64 publications were identified to answer the research questions. The studies were analyzed and evaluated for relevance. The main approaches that consider emotions and context were identified. The results of the review indicate that most studies in the field that combine multiple approach related to emotions or context factors have improved the user's hearing experience. The main contributions of the review are a set of aspects that we consider important to be addressed by the music recommendation systems. In addition, we also present a broad discussion about the challenges, difficulties and limitations that exist in music recommendation systems that consider emotions and contextual factors.

Keywords: Music recommendation, Emotion, Context, User experience.

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