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What is charting in every genre — with the BPM and key of each record next to it, because "popular" is only useful once you can see what actually fits your set.

Short answer. These are Beatport's genre charts, with the BPM and Camelot key of every record shown next to it — because "what is popular" is only useful once you can see what fits. A chart tells you where a genre is going; it does not tell you which of those records will sit in your set.

What a chart actually measures

Beatport charts measure sales, not plays. That makes them a leading indicator rather than a record of what is happening on floors: a track charts on its way into sets, a few weeks before it is everywhere. Our own corpus agrees that DJs play new music — 47% of tracks in published sets were released that same calendar year — so a chart is a fair proxy for what is about to be played. How old is the music DJs play? →

The honest warning

A chart is the same list every DJ in that genre is reading. Build a set straight off it and you will play the set everyone else is playing, which is the "sea of sameness" complaint the whole field has about algorithmic selection. The chart is for staying current. Your identity comes from the records that are not on it.

The practical use is filtering: take the chart, then keep only what sits inside a pitch fader of your set's tempo and in a compatible key. That is what the BPM and key columns are here for, and it usually cuts a hundred records to a handful.

Reading the columns

BPM — the catalogue's tempo. Drum and bass is often stored at half its real value, so a 174 record can read 87.
Key — converted to Camelot, so it lines up with the wheel and with whatever your analysis software shows.
Label — often the fastest signal of whether a record fits, once you know a genre's labels.

Some records will be missing from a chart, and that is expected rather than broken: Beatport refuses catalogue reads for territory-restricted releases, and on our own measurements that is a large minority of tracks. What you see is what was available to read.

FAQ

What tracks are DJs playing right now?

This tool shows what is charting on Beatport in each genre, refreshed through the day. Charts measure what DJs are buying rather than what they are playing, which is a leading indicator rather than the same thing: a record charts on the way into sets, and our own corpus data shows 47% of tracks in published sets were released that same year.

How do I find new tracks for my DJ sets?

Start from the chart for the genres you play, but filter by what fits rather than by what is popular. Every row here carries BPM and Camelot key, so you can see at a glance which records sit inside a pitch fader of your set and which keys follow the ones you already have.

Is the Beatport chart a good way to pick records?

It is a good way to see what a genre is doing and a poor way to build an identity. A chart is the same list every DJ in that genre is reading, so leaning on it is how sets start sounding alike. Use it to stay current, and use your own crate for the records nobody else is playing.

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