Artist profile
Usher is an R&B singer and dancer known for his smooth vocal style and choreographed performances. His career spans multiple decades and includes numerous hit singles and albums that have established him as a prominent figure in contemporary R&B and pop music.
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Usher is a moderate-energy and a balanced bright/warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical R&B pocket.
Across 26 analysed tracks, Usher averages 46% energy — harder than 73% of individual R&B tracks — and 51% groove, straighter than 64%.
Measured against 714 R&B tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 87–164 BPM with a median of 121 · predominantly major keys (46% minor) · most common key: 6A (G Minor) with 5 tracks.
How Usher’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 Usher's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~108 to ~134 BPM; production has darkened.
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We scored every transition between Usher’s 26 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 4 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 4 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.
14 of the 780 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.5. They come from 4 different Usher tracks.
Scream - Project 46 Extended Remix → I Don't Wanna Know - Extended Mix · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 85 chemistry
10 of the 1,040 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.0. They come from 5 different Usher tracks.
Scream → Miracle - Mau P Remix · 6A → 5A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
24 of the 1,040 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.0. They come from 10 different Usher tracks.
Scream → Beautiful People · 6A → 5B · same BPM · 90 chemistry
12 of the 1,040 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.0. They come from 5 different Usher tracks.
Scream → Sun Is Up feat. Emmie Lee · 6A → 5A · same 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 Usher 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 Usher, 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.
Usher's tracks in our catalog range from 87 to 164 BPM, with a median of 121 BPM. Across 26 tracks, the most common range falls in the 120–125 BPM bucket.
Usher's tracks are mostly in major keys (46% minor across 26 tracks). The most common single key is 6A (G Minor) with 5 tracks.
We scored every transition between Usher's 26 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 4 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Brooks, Calvin Harris, Chris Brown 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: Scream - Project 46 Extended Remix into I Don't Wanna Know - Extended Mix, 6A to 6A, 85 chemistry.
Usher sits closest to Mario, Ne-Yo, Trey Songz 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 Usher releases spanning 1997 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2000s.
