Loudness of my Final Mix (doesn’t compare well to references) – Production Techniques Forum

I have attached a screenshot of the Waveforms of my track and 3 commercially released reference tracks.

i have used Compression, Limiting and EQ on each individual track in my instrumental, but i can’t get it close the reference tracks loudness levels.

My track = -12 LUFS | Peak = -0.4
Reference 1 = -7.4 LUFS | Peak = 0
Reference 2 = -8.8 LUFS | Peak = 0
Reference 3 = -8.3 LUFS | Peak = 0

The tonal balance of my track is relatively similar but the loudness levels are very different, and it’s like that with pretty much every track i create when i compare it to a reference.

Many Thanks