Artist profile
Calvin Harris is a Scottish electronic music producer and DJ known for his work in dance and house music. His productions and DJ sets have established him as a significant figure in electronic music since the mid-2000s.
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Calvin Harris is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive and a balanced bright/warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Dance pocket.
Across 77 analysed tracks, Calvin Harris averages 59% energy — harder than 64% of individual Dance tracks.
Measured against 14,418 Dance tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 87–150 BPM with a median of 128 · predominantly minor keys (65% minor) · most common key: 9A (E Minor) with 10 tracks.
How Calvin Harris’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 Dance tempo.
Across Calvin Harris's catalog, warmth has receded; groove has deepened.
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We scored every transition between Calvin Harris’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 720 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.
67 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 25 different Calvin Harris tracks.
Miracle - Mau P Remix → Alone At Midnight - Extended Mix · 5A → 5A · −2 BPM · 91 chemistry
59 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 19 different Calvin Harris tracks.
SMOKE THE PAIN AWAY - Extended Mix → Toca's Miracle - Extended Mix · 8B → 9B · same BPM · 92 chemistry
64 of the 1,240 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.1. They come from 23 different Calvin Harris tracks.
SMOKE THE PAIN AWAY - Extended Mix → Devotion (Sweetest Emotion) (Feat. RAHH) - Extended Mix · 8B → 9A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
57 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 22 different Calvin Harris tracks.
Blessings - KETTAMA Remix → Summertime Sadness · 5A → 5A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
79 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 20 different Calvin Harris tracks.
Miracle - Mau P Remix → Sun Is Up feat. Emmie Lee · 5A → 5A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
57 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 23 different Calvin Harris tracks.
Miracle - Mau P Remix → Drinkin' - Joel Corry Mainstage Mix · 5A → 5A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
62 of the 1,320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.6. They come from 22 different Calvin Harris tracks.
Bounce - Extended Mix → Habits (Stay High) - Extended Mix · 8A → 7A · −2 BPM · 89 chemistry
56 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 20 different Calvin Harris tracks.
By Your Side → Just Wanna Be Loved (feat. Coldabank) · 9B → 9B · same BPM · 90 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 Calvin Harris 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 Calvin Harris, 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.
Calvin Harris's tracks in our catalog range from 87 to 150 BPM, with a median of 128 BPM. Across 77 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.
Calvin Harris's tracks are mostly in minor keys (65% minor across 77 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 10 tracks.
We scored every transition between Calvin Harris's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 720 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Disco Fries, Jean Luc, Joel Corry 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: Miracle - Mau P Remix into Alone At Midnight - Extended Mix, 5A to 5A, 91 chemistry.
Calvin Harris sits closest to David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia, Alesso 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 Calvin Harris releases spanning 2006 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
