Kelly Clarkson · Thankful
Miss Independent
Miss Independent is in B minor at 87.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
88 BPM · Andantemedian of 297 analyses · 87.9–87.9 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- B minor2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 100%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 297people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 682.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 443.1Hz · +12 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 5.6dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.621Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.151Essentia'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
297 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in B minor, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 297 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 87.9 BPM one beat lasts 682.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 170.6 ms and a dotted eighth 511.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 44 BPM, counted twice as fast 175.8. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 443.1 Hz, which is 12 cents above 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 5.6 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 0.621 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 B minor; 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 B minor
Each of these differs from B minor 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 88 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2730.4 | 0.37 |
| Half note | 2 | 1365.2 | 0.73 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1023.9 | 0.98 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 682.6 | 1.47 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 455.1 | 2.2 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 511.9 | 1.95 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 341.3 | 2.93 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 227.5 | 4.4 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 256 | 3.91 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 170.6 | 5.86 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 113.8 | 8.79 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 85.3 | 11.72 |
Half time 44 BPM · double time 175.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (682.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- GrindAlice in ChainsB minor89BPM
- Alone Again OrLoveB minor87BPM
- Hands UpThe Black Eyed PeasB minor87BPM
- Havana AffairRamonesB minor89BPM
- 10 BandsDrakeB minor87BPM
- Heaven HelpLenny KravitzB minor86BPM
- Locked UpAkonB minor90BPM
- I Can’t Tell You WhyEaglesB minor85BPM
- Mrs. RobinsonSimon & GarfunkelB minor92BPM
- The Show Must Go OnQueenB minor84BPM
Recordings in B minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 88 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in B minorAll songs at 88 BPMB minor at 80–89 BPMKelly Clarkson
MusicBrainz collapses 5 recording ids into this one. Recording id e3edd3a2-2c1f-4e85-a1e3-1652143f9416.