Artist profile
Chaka Demus & Pliers are a Jamaican reggae and dancehall duo known for their work in the late 20th century. The pair blended reggae rhythms with dancehall vocal styles, contributing to the genre's evolution during their recording period.
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Chaka Demus & Pliers is a restrained with strong groove and a warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Unusually low energy and drive for Caribbean.
Across 3 analysed tracks, Chaka Demus & Pliers averages 20% energy — gentler than 95% of individual Caribbean tracks — and 68% groove, groovier than 80%.
Measured against 681 Caribbean tracks on 11 August 2026.
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Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Chaka Demus & Pliers's tracks in our catalog range from 95 to 137 BPM, with a median of 95 BPM. Across 3 tracks, the most common range falls in the 95–100 BPM bucket.
Chaka Demus & Pliers's tracks are mostly in minor keys (67% minor across 3 tracks). The most common single key is 7A (D Minor) with 1 track.
Chaka Demus & Pliers sits closest to Mr. Vegas, Beenie Man, Cutty Ranks 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 Chaka Demus & Pliers releases spanning 1992 to 2002, with the most tracks from the 1990s.