Artist profile
SZA is an R&B artist known for her distinctive vocal style and introspective songwriting. Her work blends contemporary R&B with elements of soul and neo-soul, exploring themes of identity, relationships, and personal growth.
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Plan a set with SZA tracks scored against the rest of the catalog
Mixgraph for iOS — chemistry-scored DJ planning.
SZA is a moderate-energy and a warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Unusually low groove for R&B.
Across 13 analysed tracks, SZA averages 37% groove — straighter than 85% of individual R&B tracks — and 45% energy, harder than 70%.
Measured against 714 R&B tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 89–160 BPM with a median of 105 · predominantly major keys (15% minor) · most common key: 5B (E♭ Major) with 3 tracks.
How SZA’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 R&B tempo.
Across SZA's catalog, tempos have eased from ~115 to ~92 BPM.
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We scored every transition between SZA’s 12 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 2 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 2 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 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 7 different SZA tracks.
16 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 7 different SZA tracks.
Saturn → Make Them Remember · 4B → 4A · −3 BPM · 81 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 SZA 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 SZA, 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.
SZA's tracks in our catalog range from 89 to 160 BPM, with a median of 105 BPM. Across 13 tracks, the most common range falls in the 105–110 BPM bucket.
SZA's tracks are mostly in major keys (15% minor across 13 tracks). The most common single key is 5B (E♭ Major) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between SZA's 12 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 2 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Chris Brown, Drake 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: Saturn into With You, 4B to 5B, 86 chemistry.
SZA sits closest to Summer Walker, Doja Cat, Kali Uchis 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 SZA releases spanning 2017 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
