Artist profile
Ed Sheeran is a British singer-songwriter known for blending pop, folk, and hip-hop influences. He rose to prominence in the early 2010s with acoustic-driven hits and has since become one of the world's best-selling music artists, with a catalog spanning multiple Grammy-winning albums and collaborations across genres.
Compare with another artistPlan a set with Ed Sheeran tracks scored against the rest of the catalog
Ed Sheeran is a moderate-energy and a balanced bright/warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Dance pocket.
Across 29 analysed tracks, Ed Sheeran averages 58% groove — straighter than 76% of individual Dance tracks — and 52% energy, gentler than 60%.
Measured against 14,418 Dance tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 72–152 BPM with a median of 124 · predominantly major keys (38% minor) · most common key: 2B (F♯ Major) with 5 tracks.
How Ed Sheeran’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 Ed Sheeran's catalog, groove has deepened; production has brightened; tempos have eased from ~125 to ~118 BPM.
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We scored every transition between Ed Sheeran’s 29 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 205 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.
39 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 13 different Ed Sheeran tracks.
Cross Me (feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock) - M-22 Remix, Extended → Big Jet Plane - Extended Mix · 1A → 1A · +3 BPM · 91 chemistry
29 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 13 different Ed Sheeran tracks.
Azizam - D.O.D Remix → I'm Not Alone · 2A → 2A · same BPM · 88 chemistry
29 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 11 different Ed Sheeran tracks.
Shivers - Jax Jones Extended Remix → Dopamine - Extended Mix · 10B → 11B · same BPM · 90 chemistry
27 of the 551 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.2. They come from 12 different Ed Sheeran tracks.
Bad Habits - Joel Corry Remix → I Do - Extended Mix · 10A → 10A · −2 BPM · 90 chemistry
32 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 12 different Ed Sheeran tracks.
Bad Habits - Joel Corry Remix → Little Bit Yours - Extended Mix · 10A → 9B · −3 BPM · 87 chemistry
26 of the 667 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.8. They come from 10 different Ed Sheeran tracks.
Bad Habits - Joel Corry Remix → The Party (This Is How We Do It) - Extended Mix · 10A → 11A · −2 BPM · 89 chemistry
44 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 12 different Ed Sheeran tracks.
Repeat It - Extended Mix → Second Life - Extended Mix · 6B → 6B · same BPM · 90 chemistry
30 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 11 different Ed Sheeran tracks.
Repeat It - 2015 Version → Anything - Extended Mix · 6B → 6B · −6 BPM · 88 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 Ed Sheeran 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 Ed Sheeran, 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.
Ed Sheeran's tracks in our catalog range from 72 to 152 BPM, with a median of 124 BPM. Across 29 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Ed Sheeran's tracks are mostly in major keys (38% minor across 29 tracks). The most common single key is 2B (F♯ Major) with 5 tracks.
We scored every transition between Ed Sheeran's 29 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 205 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Alok, Calvin Harris, Disco Fries 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: Cross Me (feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock) - M-22 Remix, Extended into Big Jet Plane - Extended Mix, 1A to 1A, 91 chemistry.
Ed Sheeran sits closest to Lewis Capaldi, James Arthur, Myles Smith 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 Ed Sheeran releases spanning 2010 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2020s.