Artist profile
Armin van Buuren is a Dutch trance producer and DJ known for his progressive approach to the genre and his long-running weekly radio show A State of Trance. His production work spans multiple decades and has established him as a central figure in electronic dance music.
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Armin van Buuren is a high-energy with strong groove and drive and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Trance (Main Floor) pocket.
Across 355 analysed tracks, Armin van Buuren sits within a few points of the Trance (Main Floor) median on groove and energy.
Measured against 21,919 Trance (Main Floor) tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 65–160 BPM with a median of 130 · predominantly minor keys (61% minor) · most common key: 3A (B♭ Minor) with 23 tracks.
How Armin van Buuren’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Trance (Main Floor) tempo.
Armin van Buuren's sound has stayed broadly consistent across this catalog window — release tempos and production palette have held to the same character.
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We scored every transition between Armin van Buuren’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 737 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
51 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 17 different Armin van Buuren tracks.
Miles Away - Davey Asprey & Artento Divini Extended Remix → No Limits - Extended Mix · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 88 chemistry
59 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 19 different Armin van Buuren tracks.
Save My Night → Haunted - Extended Mix · 12A → 11B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
52 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 17 different Armin van Buuren tracks.
Blue Fear - Mark Sherry Remix → Call My Name - Extended Mix · 6B → 6A · same BPM · 88 chemistry
51 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 17 different Armin van Buuren tracks.
Save My Night → Tribe of the Sun - Extended Mix · 12A → 11B · +2 BPM · 90 chemistry
50 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 17 different Armin van Buuren tracks.
Face Of Summer feat. Sarah Decourcy - Denis Kenzo Extended Remix → Take My Hand - Extended Mix · 10A → 9B · −2 BPM · 90 chemistry
53 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 17 different Armin van Buuren tracks.
Gotta Be Love feat. Lyrica Anderson - Giuseppe Ottaviani Extended Remix → Feel · 2A → 2A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
52 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 16 different Armin van Buuren tracks.
Be In The Moment (ASOT 850 Anthem) - Allen Watts Extended Remix → Vigo - Extended Mix · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
59 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 21 different Armin van Buuren tracks.
Face Of Summer feat. Sarah Decourcy - Denis Kenzo Extended Remix → Trigger - Extended Mix · 10A → 10A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Armin van Buuren by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Armin van Buuren, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Armin van Buuren's tracks in our catalog range from 65 to 160 BPM, with a median of 130 BPM. Across 354 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.
Armin van Buuren's tracks are mostly in minor keys (61% minor across 354 tracks). The most common single key is 3A (B♭ Minor) with 23 tracks.
We scored every transition between Armin van Buuren's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 737 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Alan Morris, Daniel Kandi, DJ T.H. are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Miles Away - Davey Asprey & Artento Divini Extended Remix into No Limits - Extended Mix, 4A to 4A, 88 chemistry.
Armin van Buuren sits closest to Ferry Corsten, Andrew Rayel, Above & Beyond in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Armin van Buuren releases spanning 1992 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2020s.