Ariana Grande featuring Zedd · My Everything

Break Free

Break Free is in E flat major at 129.9 beats per minute.

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Tempo

130 BPM · Allegromedian of 248 analyses · 129.9–130 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
75%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
248people who ran the extractor
One beat
461.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.849Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.224Essentia's danceability, 0–3

Source: AcousticBrainz, dump of 2022-06-23 (CC0) · MusicBrainz core data, 2026-09-17 (CC0) · how each number is measured. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.

What the numbers say

248 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 75% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 248 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 129.9 BPM one beat lasts 461.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 115.5 ms and a dotted eighth 346.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 65 BPM, counted twice as fast 259.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 434.2 Hz, which is 23 cents below concert A at 440 Hz — the sort of drift a tape machine or a slightly different mastering leaves behind. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 3 dB: that is how far the level wanders from its own average, so a small number means a loud, flat master and a large one means a recording that still breathes. Its average loudness is 0.849 on Essentia's 0-to-1 scale, which is not decibels and is not comparable to a streaming service's number.

10 other recordings here are in E flat major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.

Beats per bar are not in this dataset. AcousticBrainz's analysis reports a tempo, a key and a loudness, and no time signature at all, so this page does not print one — a 4/4 here would be a guess dressed as a measurement.

Keys that fit with E♭ major

Each of these differs from E♭ major by at most one accidental, or shares its tonic. That is the whole of what a mixing wheel encodes; here the relations are named instead of numbered.

Delay times at 130 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41847.60.54
Half note2923.81.08
Dotted quarter1.5692.81.44
Quarter note (one beat)1461.92.17
Quarter triplet0.667307.93.25
Dotted eighth0.75346.42.89
Eighth note0.5230.94.33
Eighth triplet0.3331546.5
Dotted sixteenth0.375173.25.77
Sixteenth note0.25115.58.66
Sixteenth triplet0.1677712.99
Thirty-second note0.12557.717.32

Half time 65 BPM · double time 259.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (461.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Where Them Girls AtDavid Guetta feat. Flo Rida & Nicki MinajE♭ major130BPM
  2. If I Believe YouThe 1975E♭ major130BPM
  3. MemoriesDavid Guetta feat. Kid CudiE♭ major130BPM
  4. BreatheProdigyE♭ major130BPM
  5. BeautifulAkon feat. Colby O’Donis & Kardinal OffishallE♭ major130BPM
  6. Get It HotAC/DCE♭ major130BPM
  7. I Don’t Wanna KnowPhil CollinsE♭ major130BPM
  8. Dance the Night AwayVan HalenE♭ major130BPM
  9. Silver MachineHawkwindE♭ major130BPM
  10. HeliosphanAphex TwinE♭ major131BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 130 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 130 BPME♭ major at 120–129 BPM

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id c97fba6d-198d-4357-b5ce-83f6fb721596.