01172nas a2200133   4500008004100000245009500041210006900136260002800205520061000233100002000843700002300863700002100886856013100907       2016                        eng d00a“Are we playing like Music-Stars?” Placing Emerging Artists on the Italian Music Scene0 aAre we playing like MusicStars Placing Emerging Artists on the I  aRiva del Gardac09/20163 aThe Italian emerging bands chase success on the footprint of popular artists by playing rhythmic danceable and happy songs. Our finding comes out from a deep study of the Italian music scene and how the new generation ofmusicians relate with the tradition of their country. By analyzing Spotify data we investigated the peculiarity of regional mu- sic and we placed emerging bands within the musical movements defined by already successful artists. The approach proposed and the results ob- tained are a first attempt to outline some rules suggesting how to reach the success in the musical Italian scene.1 aPollacci, Laura1 aGuidotti, Riccardo1 aRossetti, Giulio  uhttps://kdd.isti.cnr.it/publications/%E2%80%9Care-we-playing-music-stars%E2%80%9D-placing-emerging-artists-italian-music-scene