Greg Kurstin, producer, photographed in 2013. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Lyndsey Byrnes
With Royalty Exchange’s help, we reveal the top 20 songwriters behind the biggest hits on this week’s Official Singles Chart
Welcome to the first of our weekly chart – brought to you by Royalty Exchange – which recognises the most successful songwriters of the biggest hits on the UK’s Official Singles Chart. As with the US equivalent based on the Billboard Hot 100, every track appearing on the Official Singles Chart for the week is given a point value, which is then split equally among the songwriters listed for each, and then ranked in order of those totals.
Our inaugural rundown below sees Canadian writer-producer Greg Kurstin coming out on top, seeing the fruits of his labour collaborating with the female pop giants Adele and Sia…
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 | GREG KURSTIN | Water Under The Bridge – Adele Hello – Adele Cheap Thrills – Sia The Greatest – Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar |
| 2 | HANNI IBRAHIM, PATRICK PATRIKIOS, A.S. GOVERE & PHIL PLESTED | Touch – Little Mix |
| 3 | CALVIN HARRIS | My Way – Calvin Harris This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna |
| 4 | TOM ZANETTI | You Want Me – Tom Zanetti ft. Sadie Ama |
| 5 | JAZ JONES | You Don’t Know Me – Jax Jones & Raye |
| 6 | SIA FURLER | Cheap Thrills – Sia Chandelier – Sia The Greatest – Sia Ft Kendrick Lamar |
| 7 | TYLER JOSEPH | Heathens – Twenty One Pilots Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots |
| 8 | ALEX SMITH & JOHN PAUL COOPER | Perfect Strangers – Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper September Song – JP Cooper |
| 9 | GEORGE MICHAEL | Faith – George Michael Careless Whisper – George Michael |
| 10 | STEVE MAC | Alarm – Anne-Marie Rockabye – Clean Bandit So Good – Louisa Johnson |
| 11 | ADELE ADKINS | Water Under The Bridge – Adele Hello – Adele Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele |
| 12 | TAYLOR SWIFT | This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades) – Zayn/Taylor Swift |
| 13 | ROBIN SCHULZ | Shed A Light – Schulz/Guetta/Cheat Codes |
| 14 | MAX MARTIN | Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele Into You – Ariana Grande Side To Side – Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake |
| 15 | DOMINIC WYNN WOODS | Now And Later – Sage The Gemini |
| 16 | RORY GRAHAM & JAMIE HARTMAN | Human – Rag’n’Bone Man |
| 17 | TEDDY GEIGER | Treat You Better – Shawn Mendes Mercy – Shawn Mendes Stitches – Shawn Mendes |
| 18 | SIGMA | Find Me – Sigma ft. Birdy |
| 19 | ANDREW TAGGART | Don’t Let Me Down – Chainsmokers ft. Daya Closer – Chainsmokers ft. Halsey All We Know – Chainsmokers ft. Phoebe Ryan |
| 20 | HÉLOÏSE LETISSIER | Tilted – Christine And The Queens |
 | The UK Songwriting chart is produced with the help of Royalty Exchange, the online music royalties marketplace – royaltyexchange.com |
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