01364nas a2200157   4500008004100000245003700041210003300078300001100111520091500122100002001037700002301057700002101080700002101101700002001122856006401142       2018                        eng d00aThe italian music superdiversity0 aitalian music superdiversity  a1–233 aGlobalization can lead to a growing standardization of musical contents. Using a cross-service multi-level dataset we investigate the actual Italian music scene. The investigation highlights the musical Italian superdiversity both individually analyzing the geographical and lexical dimensions and combining them. Using different kinds of features over the geographical dimension leads to two similar, comparable and coherent results, confirming the strong and essential correlation between melodies and lyrics. The profiles identified are markedly distinct one from another with respect to sentiment, lexicon, and melodic features. Through a novel application of a sentiment spreading algorithm and songs’ melodic features, we are able to highlight discriminant characteristics that violate the standard regional political boundaries, reconfiguring them following the actual musical communicative practices.1 aPollacci, Laura1 aGuidotti, Riccardo1 aRossetti, Giulio1 aGiannotti, Fosca1 aPedreschi, Dino  uhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11042-018-6511-6