Artist profile
Katy Perry is an American pop and dance artist known for her catchy, high-energy singles and visually distinctive music videos. Her work spans upbeat pop-dance production with themes of empowerment and celebration, establishing her as a prominent figure in mainstream pop music.
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Katy Perry 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 11 analysed tracks, Katy Perry averages 66% groove — straighter than 68% of individual Dance tracks — and 52% energy, gentler than 61%.
Measured against 14,418 Dance tracks on 11 August 2026.
How Katy Perry’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 Katy Perry's catalog, tempos have eased from ~129 to ~108 BPM; groove has thinned; warmth has receded.
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We scored every transition between Katy Perry’s 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 74 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.
23 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 8 different Katy Perry tracks.
Harleys In Hawaii - KANDY Remix → I'm Not Alone · 3A → 2A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
17 of the 187 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.1. They come from 5 different Katy Perry tracks.
Daisies - MK Extended Remix → No Sleep - Extended · 3A → 3A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
21 of the 341 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.0. They come from 6 different Katy Perry tracks.
Part Of Me - Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix → I Wish (feat. Mabel) · 7A → 8A · −6 BPM · 87 chemistry
17 of the 220 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.3. They come from 8 different Katy Perry tracks.
Harleys In Hawaii - KANDY Remix → Take A Chance - Extended Mix · 3A → 4A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
19 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 9 different Katy Perry tracks.
Smile - Joel Corry Extended Remix → Anything - Extended Mix · 7B → 6B · same BPM · 90 chemistry
21 of the 253 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.4. They come from 7 different Katy Perry tracks.
Daisies - MK Extended Remix → Wild Night feat. Hannah Boleyn - Extended Mix · 3A → 4A · −1 BPM · 89 chemistry
20 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 5 different Katy Perry tracks.
Daisies - MK Extended Remix → MISCOMMUNICATIONS - MK Extended Remix · 3A → 4A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
18 of the 363 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 7 different Katy Perry tracks.
Daisies - MK Extended Remix → Promises - Extended Mix · 3A → 3A · same BPM · 93 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 Katy Perry 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 Katy Perry, 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.
Katy Perry's tracks in our catalog range from 90 to 132 BPM, with a median of 126 BPM. Across 11 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Katy Perry's tracks are mostly in major keys (45% minor across 11 tracks). The most common single key is 9B (G Major) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Katy Perry's 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 74 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Calvin Harris, Ella Henderson, 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: Harleys In Hawaii - KANDY Remix into I'm Not Alone, 3A to 2A, 89 chemistry.
Katy Perry sits closest to Bebe Rexha, Dua Lipa, Demi Lovato 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 Katy Perry releases spanning 2008 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
