Artist profile
Bontle Smith is a South African amapiano producer and artist working within the electronic dance music landscape. Smith's work engages with the contemporary amapiano sound that has gained prominence in South African music culture.
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Bontle Smith is a moderate-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Amapiano pocket.
Across 10 analysed tracks, Bontle Smith averages 44% energy — harder than 58% of individual Amapiano tracks.
Measured against 6,499 Amapiano tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Bontle Smith’s 10 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 131 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.
68 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 10 different Bontle Smith tracks.
Abo Nokthula → Forever Yena · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
62 of the 280 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.6. They come from 10 different Bontle Smith tracks.
Abo Nokthula → Vuman' Bo · 6A → 7A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
69 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 10 different Bontle Smith tracks.
Vulindlela zam → Ke Busy · 5A → 5A · +1 BPM · 92 chemistry
62 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 10 different Bontle Smith tracks.
Dipula → Angfuni Ngam · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
59 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 10 different Bontle Smith tracks.
58 of the 210 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.2. They come from 10 different Bontle Smith tracks.
Dipula → London Road · 6A → 7A · +1 BPM · 91 chemistry
75 of the 350 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.0. They come from 10 different Bontle Smith tracks.
Savayvaa → Ama Heineken · 8A → 7A · −1 BPM · 89 chemistry
60 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 10 different Bontle Smith tracks.
Abo Nokthula → No No (feat. Al Xapo, Mpho Spizzy, Tiiger & Cooper SA) · 6A → 6A · +1 BPM · 92 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 Bontle Smith 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 Bontle Smith, 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.
Bontle Smith's tracks in our catalog range from 112 to 113 BPM, with a median of 113 BPM. Across 10 tracks, the most common range falls in the 115–120 BPM bucket.
Bontle Smith's tracks are mostly in minor keys (90% minor across 10 tracks). The most common single key is 5A (C Minor) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Bontle Smith's 10 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 131 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Busta 929, Freddy K, Kabza De Small 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: Abo Nokthula into Forever Yena, 6A to 6A, 93 chemistry.
Bontle Smith sits closest to Khanyisa, Mellow & Sleazy, Cooper SA 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.