Artist profile
Sam Smith is a British electronic and dance producer working across house, techno, and ambient styles. Their work explores textural and atmospheric production within electronic music frameworks.
Compare with another artistPlan a set with Sam Smith tracks scored against the rest of the catalog
Sam Smith is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive artist.
Sits right in the typical Dance pocket.
Across 8 analysed tracks, Sam Smith averages 67% groove — straighter than 66% of individual Dance tracks.
Measured against 14,418 Dance tracks on 11 August 2026.
How Sam Smith’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 Sam Smith's catalog, tempos have eased from ~134 to ~119 BPM; groove has thinned; energy has lifted.
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We scored every transition between Sam Smith’s 8 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 1 catalogue clears the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 1 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.
10 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 3 different Sam Smith tracks.
Unholy - David Guetta Acid Extended Mix → BANG BANG! (My Neurodivergent Anthem) · 3B → 3B · −3 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 Sam Smith 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 Sam Smith, 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.
Sam Smith's tracks in our catalog range from 66 to 145 BPM, with a median of 127 BPM. Across 8 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Sam Smith's tracks are mostly in major keys (13% minor across 8 tracks). The most common single key is 3B (D♭ Major) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Sam Smith's 8 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 1 catalogue clears the bar by more than chance would give, and Galantis 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: Unholy - David Guetta Acid Extended Mix into BANG BANG! (My Neurodivergent Anthem), 3B to 3B, 89 chemistry.
Sam Smith sits closest to Adele, James Arthur, Sam Fischer 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 Sam Smith releases spanning 2013 to 2024, with the most tracks from the 2020s.