Scoring - what makes a score?

[chirlu]

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Definition of Score in Search results

Search results for an artist shows a “score” in the first column. Is there some information somewhere about how this is calculated? Searching for “Bob Marley” results in Bob Marley the comedian getting a score of 100 whereas the much more well known Bob Marley the Jamaican reggae artist gets a score of 99. Not very different, I agree, but I am writing an app that makes use of the score and it would help to know how it is calculated so that I interpret the data in an appropriate way.

The most Genesis Genesis

Just wondering why Genesis (the long-running prog band) only rate 98 on the search index for “Genesis”, including being less Genesisy than the “guest vocalist on Beaupierre album” with one credit…? https://musicbrainz.org/search?query=Genesis&type=artist&method=indexed