Nearly half of this week's Afro House Top 100 sits in one tight tempo window: 47 of 100 tracks run at 122-123 BPM, and the chart leans minor, with 59% of tracks in a minor key.
The numbers
- Tempo: the average is 121.6 BPM and the median is 122, across a range of 92 to 127 BPM.
- Sweet spot: 122-123 BPM holds 47 tracks (47%), followed by 120-121 with 22 and 124-125 with 21. Only 6 tracks sit at 126-127.
- Keys: G Minor leads with 10 tracks, then A Minor (8), Db Minor (7), E Major (6) and Gb Major (6). The minor share is 59%.
- Labels: Make The Girls Dance Records has 9 entries, AFRODISE has 5, and MoBlack Records, Klub Record and Cr2 Records have 3 each.
- Artists with several entries: HUGEL and Aaron Sevilla have 6 each; Rampa, Keinemusik, Maz (BR) and Bontan have 3 each.
- Freshness: 5 tracks were released in the last 7 days and 35 in the last 30 days.
Movement since week 41
- 25 tracks are new to the Top 100 this week, and 25 dropped out.
- Biggest climbers: "Dunya (Extended Mix)" by Mark Di Meo and Rose Caviar went from #49 to #14; "B2B (Extended Mix)" by FiNE (official) from #75 to #33; "Ritual De Tambores (Extended Mix)" from #76 to #41; "The Boy Is Mine feat. Rosalie (Club Mix)" from #86 to #37; "Dreams (Extended Mix)" by Simone Vitullo from #96 to #50.
- In the Top 10, four tracks (ranks 1, 3, 5 and 7) have been in the Top 100 in all 5 weeks we have tracked. "Mi Gente (Extended Mix)" by UNIBĀL jumped from #16 to #2.
- The #1 spot did not change: "Jamaican (Bam Bam)" held it from week 41.
Top 10 right now
What it means
If you are choosing an exclusive Afro House track to release, the chart points to 122-123 BPM. That is where almost half of the entries live, and the top 10 is mostly at 120-126 BPM. Going slower than 120 or faster than 126 puts a track outside the range that the chart currently rewards, though the 126-127 group is small enough that it may stand out rather than get lost. Minor keys, especially G Minor, A Minor and Db Minor, dominate the list, but the top 10 is evenly split with major-key tracks such as A Major, G Major and E Major, so a bright melodic hook is not a handicap.
For producers deciding what to make, the churn matters: 25 of 100 positions turned over in a week, and 35 tracks are less than 30 days old. The chart rewards fresh releases, yet several older tracks, including a 2024 release at #7, keep climbing. A strong, repeatable groove at 122-123 BPM in a minor key is the safest brief. If you want to release something with that profile, browse our exclusive Afro House tracks for sale.