How this list was checked
Each tempo and key is the one given in the song’s Wikipedia article, which for most of them cites the published sheet music; the articles on “Heartless” and “Diamonds” name Musicnotes and EMI Music Publishing. We checked them on November 5, 2026. Very few well-known songs have a published tempo of exactly 90, so the list takes songs from 87 to 92 BPM and shows each one’s own tempo. We left out songs where Wikipedia gives no tempo or key, which rules out some hip-hop classics.
The Wikipedia article on “California Love” flags its sheet-music source as needing a better citation, and that edition is titled in B-flat major, the relative major of G minor. Both are Camelot 6, so the grouping holds either way, but tap and listen before you rely on it.
Songs near 90 BPM, grouped by Camelot number
The tempo shown is the published one. Everything here is within about 3% of 90 BPM, a change small enough that most listeners won’t notice it.
Camelot 3A: B-flat minor
Both songs are at 87–88 BPM, so they need almost no stretch to meet.
| Song | BPM and key | Camelot |
|---|---|---|
| Rihanna ft. Jay-Z — Umbrella | 87 · B-flat minor | 3A |
| Kanye West — Heartless | 88 · B-flat minor | 3A |
Camelot 10A: B minor
| Song | BPM and key | Camelot |
|---|---|---|
| Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee — Despacito | 89 · B minor | 10A |
| Rihanna — Diamonds | 92 · B minor | 10A |
Camelot 6A: G minor
| Song | BPM and key | Camelot |
|---|---|---|
| Eminem ft. Rihanna — Love the Way You Lie | 87 · G minor | 6A |
| 2Pac ft. Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman — California Love | 92 · G minor | 6A |
Exactly 90 BPM
| Song | BPM and key | Camelot |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Walker — Faded | 90 · E-flat minor (next to 3A) | 2A |
| Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar and Giveon — Peaches | 90 · C major | 8B |
Why 90 BPM suits hip-hop
Around 85 to 95 BPM is the classic head-nod range of hip-hop and R&B. It is slow enough for dense rap verses and leaves space between the kick and snare for samples and ad-libs. Reggaeton and slow pop sit nearby too, which is why “Despacito” and “Peaches” fit alongside “California Love”.
A beat at 90 BPM lasts about 667 milliseconds, and an eight-bar phrase about 21.3 seconds. Doubled, 90 BPM is 180, close to drum and bass at 170 to 180, which is why many DJs count a 90 BPM vocal at double time to bring it into a drum-and-bass set.
Stretching songs to meet
To bring two of these songs together, change the tempo of one. Going from 87 to 90 BPM is a 3.4% speed-up and from 92 to 90 a 2.2% slow-down; to work out any other pair, divide the target tempo by the original. With key lock off, a change of about 6% moves the key a semitone, so a 3% stretch moves it roughly a quarter-tone, which can sound slightly out of tune against the other song. Turn key lock on, or meet in the middle so each song moves half as far.
Inside each Camelot group the keys already match, so “Umbrella” over “Heartless” only needs a 1% nudge. “Despacito” and “Diamonds” need about 3.4% between them, so bring each one about halfway, to 90 or 91.
Pairs worth trying
Start with the B-flat minor pair: “Umbrella” and “Heartless” are a beat apart in tempo and share a key. “Faded” sits one step away at 2A and is exactly 90 BPM, so it works as a transition into that group. “Peaches” in C major is out on its own; pair it by pitch-shifting, or use it for a cut rather than an overlay.