Artist profile
Davido is a Nigerian singer and songwriter known for his contributions to the Afrobeats genre. His work spans dancehall-inflected pop and hip-hop production, establishing him as a notable figure in contemporary West African music.
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Davido is a moderate-energy with strong groove and a warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical African pocket.
Across 19 analysed tracks, Davido sits within a few points of the African median on energy and groove.
Measured against 540 African tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 77–125 BPM with a median of 112 · predominantly major keys (37% minor) · most common key: 3B (D♭ Major) with 2 tracks.
How Davido’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 African tempo.
Across Davido's catalog, production has darkened; warmth has receded.
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We scored every transition between Davido’s 19 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 37 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.
26 of the 760 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.4. They come from 12 different Davido tracks.
Dami Duro → TaTaTa (feat. Travis Scott) · 6B → 6B · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry
26 of the 760 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.4. They come from 4 different Davido tracks.
Ke Star (feat. Virgo Deep) → Majaivane (Boarding School Piano Edition) · 3A → 3A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
20 of the 760 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.4. They come from 5 different Davido tracks.
Ke Star (feat. Virgo Deep) → Ngeke Lishone · 3A → 3A · +1 BPM · 90 chemistry
22 of the 760 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.4. They come from 7 different Davido tracks.
Gimme Dat Ting → Go Jewa Dizaka · 6A → 5B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
19 of the 437 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 10 different Davido tracks.
Champion Sound → Dumebi · 3B → 2A · −3 BPM · 86 chemistry
19 of the 665 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.8. They come from 5 different Davido tracks.
Ke Star (feat. Virgo Deep) → Same Time · 3A → 2A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
18 of the 608 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.5. They come from 5 different Davido tracks.
Ke Star (feat. Virgo Deep) → Isukile · 3A → 4A · +1 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 Davido 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 Davido, 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.
Davido's tracks in our catalog range from 77 to 125 BPM, with a median of 112 BPM. Across 19 tracks, the most common range falls in the 110–115 BPM bucket.
Davido's tracks are mostly in major keys (37% minor across 19 tracks). The most common single key is 3B (D♭ Major) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Davido's 19 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 37 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Burna Boy, Busta 929, 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: Dami Duro into TaTaTa (feat. Travis Scott), 6B to 6B, 91 chemistry.
Davido sits closest to Fireboy DML, Olamide, Asake 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 Davido releases spanning 2012 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
