Artist profile
Diplo is an American DJ and music producer known for his work in dance and electronic music, spanning multiple projects and collaborations across genres. He founded the record label Mad Decent and has been instrumental in bringing dancehall and reggae influences into mainstream electronic and pop contexts. His production work extends across house, trap, and pop music, with a prolific output that has shaped contemporary dance music.
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Diplo is a high-energy with strong groove and drive artist.
Sits right in the typical Dance pocket.
Across 112 analysed tracks, Diplo averages 64% groove — straighter than 69% of individual Dance tracks — and 61% energy, harder than 67%.
Measured against 14,418 Dance tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 65–160 BPM with a median of 124 · predominantly minor keys (69% minor) · most common key: 9A (E Minor) with 12 tracks.
How Diplo’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 Diplo's catalog, groove has deepened; tempos have climbed from ~121 to ~130 BPM.
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We scored every transition between Diplo’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 643 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.
21 of the 1,040 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.0. They come from 8 different Diplo tracks.
Favela Joint → Keep Control - Extended Mix · 3A → 3A · −3 BPM · 87 chemistry
24 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 12 different Diplo tracks.
Biturbo - Extended → Fiore - Chus & Ceballos Remix · 2A → 2A · −4 BPM · 87 chemistry
23 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 11 different Diplo tracks.
Love To The World - Extended → Out Of Control - Extended Mix · 8A → 7A · +1 BPM · 90 chemistry
23 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 5 different Diplo tracks.
pogo → Hello (Turn Your Radio On) - Extended Mix · 12B → 1B · same BPM · 87 chemistry
27 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 14 different Diplo tracks.
Don't Be Afraid - DJ Tennis & Carlita Remix (Extended) → Trainsurfing · 4A → 4A · −5 BPM · 87 chemistry
18 of the 720 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.1. They come from 10 different Diplo tracks.
Lift Me Up - Extended → Amnesia feat. Ekko Music - VIP Extended Mix · 9A → 10A · −1 BPM · 87 chemistry
23 of the 1,440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.3. They come from 8 different Diplo tracks.
Never Gonna Forget feat. Elderbrook → Record Business · 12B → 1B · +2 BPM · 87 chemistry
19 of the 560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.2. They come from 10 different Diplo tracks.
Right 2 Left - Extended → Safe - Extended Mix · 11A → 11A · −3 BPM · 91 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 Diplo 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 Diplo, 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.
Diplo's tracks in our catalog range from 65 to 160 BPM, with a median of 124 BPM. Across 112 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Diplo's tracks are mostly in minor keys (69% minor across 112 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 12 tracks.
We scored every transition between Diplo's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 643 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Brokenears, Dario D'Attis, EDX 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: Favela Joint into Keep Control - Extended Mix, 3A to 3A, 87 chemistry.
Diplo sits closest to Jack Ü, Yellow Claw, Trippie Redd 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 Diplo releases spanning 2004 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2020s.