Artist profile
Pharrell Williams is a producer, songwriter, and performer who rose to prominence in the early 2000s through his work with The Neptunes and N.E.R.D., blending hip-hop, funk, and electronic production. His solo career has yielded multiple chart hits and Grammy Awards, with his influence extending across pop, R&B, and dance music. Beyond music, Williams has worked as a television coach and fashion entrepreneur.
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Pharrell Williams is a moderate-energy and a warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Dance pocket.
Across 16 analysed tracks, Pharrell Williams averages 55% groove — straighter than 79% of individual Dance tracks — and 49% energy, gentler than 72%.
Measured against 14,418 Dance tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 95–160 BPM with a median of 120 · predominantly minor keys (56% minor) · most common key: 3A (B♭ Minor) with 2 tracks.
How Pharrell Williams’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 Pharrell Williams's catalog, production has darkened; tempos have eased from ~127 to ~122 BPM.
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We scored every transition between Pharrell Williams’s 16 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 6 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 6 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.
12 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 5 different Pharrell Williams tracks.
Come Get It Bae → Believe - Galantis Extended Mix · 11A → 12A · −2 BPM · 87 chemistry
11 of the 496 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 5 different Pharrell Williams tracks.
Brand New → Set My Heart On Fire (I'm Alive x And The Beat Goes On) - Extended · 4B → 5B · same BPM · 87 chemistry
11 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 8 different Pharrell Williams tracks.
WTF (Where They From) - Chris Lake Remix → Be Kind - Joy Club Extended Mix · 12B → 12B · −1 BPM · 87 chemistry
11 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 6 different Pharrell Williams tracks.
WTF (Where They From) - Chris Lake Remix → Paradise (with Sam Feldt) - Extended Mix · 12B → 2A · −1 BPM · 87 chemistry
13 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 5 different Pharrell Williams tracks.
11 of the 576 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.3. They come from 4 different Pharrell Williams tracks.
WTF (Where They From) - Troyboi Remix → Messin' Me Up feat. EVAN GIIA · 7A → 7A · −4 BPM · 89 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 Pharrell Williams 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 Pharrell Williams, 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.
Pharrell Williams's tracks in our catalog range from 95 to 160 BPM, with a median of 120 BPM. Across 16 tracks, the most common range falls in the 120–125 BPM bucket.
Pharrell Williams's tracks are mostly in minor keys (56% minor across 16 tracks). The most common single key is 3A (B♭ Minor) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Pharrell Williams's 16 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 6 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Galantis, Majestic, Marshmello 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: Come Get It Bae into Believe - Galantis Extended Mix, 11A to 12A, 87 chemistry.
Pharrell Williams sits closest to N*e*r*d, Tyler, The Creator, Kelis 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 Pharrell Williams releases spanning 2003 to 2023, with the most tracks from the 2010s.