John Baldwin Gourley: lead singer of Portugal. The Man at the Sasquatch! Festival in 2010. Photo: Musicisentropy/Creative Commons
With assistance from Royalty Exchange, we plot the top songwriters of the singles charts on both sides of the Atlantic
Lead singer of Portugal. The Man, John Gourley, is new to this week’s chart landing at the solid position of No 15 for the song Feel It Still. Originally from a small rural town in Alaska, Gourley claims the inspiration behind the bands sound comes from a combination of The Beatles and Wu-Tang.
Another addition can be seen in Belcalis Almanzar also known by her stage name, Cardi B. An American hip-hop recording artist from the Bronx, Cardi B has received huge success surrounding her most recent release Bodak Yellow. The song has been on Billboard’s Hot 100 for three weeks now, currently at No 49, having risen from No 78 the previous week.
It is worth noting that last week Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter skyrocketed to the No 1 seat on our Hot Hitmakers chart. The album earned Jay-Z his 14th No 1 Billboard hit, the most ever achieved by a solo artist. Yet with a lack of availability through streaming platform Spotify, Jay-Z has seen a severe drop off in popularity behind the album. Jay-Z allowed streaming through his company Tidal, limiting plays to only those subscribed to the platform.
US Songwriting Chart (5 August 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 ↑ | MICHAEL WILLIAMS II | DNA – Kendrick Lamar Humble – Kendrick Lamar Rake It Up – Yo Gotti (ft. Nicki Minaj) |
| 2 | BENJAMIN LEVIN | Crying In The Club – Camila Cabello Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Now Or Never – Halsey Issues – Julia Michaels |
| 3 ↑ | KENDRICK LAMAR | DNA – Kendrick Lamar Element – Kendrick Lamar Humble – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) Love – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari) |
| 4 ↓ | SHAYAA ABRAHAM-JOSEPH | Bank Account – 21 Savage |
| 5 ↑ | ED SHEERAN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo) |
| 6 ↓ | QUAVIOUS MARSHALL | I’m The One – DJ Khaled (ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Little Wayne) Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo) Slippery – Migos (ft. Gucci Mane) Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) |
| 7 ↑ | SYMERE WOODS | XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) |
| 8 ✮ | BELCALIS ALMANZAR | Bodak Yellow (Money Moves) – Cardi B |
| 9 ↑ | CHARLIE PUTH & JACOB KASHER | Attention – Charlie Puth |
| 10 ↑ | LUDWIG GÖRANSSON & DONALD GLOVER | Redbone – Childish Gambino |
| 11 ↓ | LELAND WAYNE | Mask Off – Future No Complaints – Metro Boomin (ft. Offset & Drake) Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) |
| 12 ↑ | CHRISTOPHER BRODY BROWN, BRUNO MARS & PHILIP LAWRENCE | 24K Magic – Bruno Mars That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars Versace On The Floor – Bruno Mars |
| 13 ↓ | BRYAN SIMMONS | XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert |
| 14 ↓ | JUSTIN TRANTER | Believer – Imagine Dragons Issues – Julia Michaels Bad Liar – Selena Gomez |
| 15 ✮ | JOHN BALDWIN GOURLEY | Feel It Still – Portugal. The Man |
| 16 | JORDAN JECKS & JORDAN CARTER | Magnolia – Playboi Carti |
| 17 | SELENA GOMEZ | It Ain’t Me – Kygo & Selena Gomez Bad Liar – Selena Gomez Fetish – Selena Gomez (ft. Gucci Mane) |
| 18 ↓ | MILEY CYRUS & OREN YOEL | Malibu – Miley Cyrus |
| 19 ↑ | RAKIM ALLEN & RASHAWN BENNETT | Everyday We Lit – YFN Lucci (ft. PnB Rock) |
| 20 ↓ | ZACH CROWELL | Do I Make You Wanna – Billy Currington Body Like A Back Road – Sam Hunt |
Every track charting on the Billboard Hot 100 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.
UK Songwriting Chart (21 July 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 | ED SHEERAN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Love Yourself – Justin Bieber Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo) Your Song – Rita Ora |
| 2 | STEVE MAC | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo) Your Song – Rita Ora |
| 3 | BENJAMIN LEVIN | Crying In The Club – Camila Cabello Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Know No Better – Major Lazer (ft. Scott/Cabello) |
| 4 | J HUS | Did You See – J Hus |
| 5 | QUAVIOUS MARSHALL | Slide – Calvin Harris (ft. Frank Ocean & Migos) I’m The One – DJ Khaled (ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Little Wayne) Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo) Know No Better – Major Lazer (ft. Scott/Cabello) Congratulations – Post Malone & Quavo |
| 6 | ADAM WILES | Rollin – Calvin Harris (ft. Future & Khalid) Slide – Calvin Harris (ft. Frank Ocean & Migos) Feels – Harris, Pharrell, Perry and Big Sean |
| 7 ✮ | CAMILLE PURCELL | Powder – Little Mix Call Me – Neiked (ft. Mimi) Script – Rain |
| 8 ↓ | JACOB KASHER | Attention – Charlie Puth Swalla – Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty |
| 9 | SASHA SLOAN & SEAN MYER | Pretty Girl – Maggie Lindemann |
| 10 ↑ | MILEY CYRUS & OREN YOEL | Malibu – Miley Cyrus |
| 11 | BRITTANY HAZARD | Feels – Harris, Pharrell, Perry and Big Sean Swish Swish – Katy Perry (ft. Nicki Minaj) Know No Better – Major Lazer (ft. Scott/Cabello) |
| 12 ↑ | INA WROLDSEN | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Symphony – Clean Bandit (ft. Zara Larsson) Places – Martin Solveig & Ina Wroldsen |
| 13 ↓ | CHARLIE PUTH | Attention – Charlie Puth |
| 14 ↓ | JUSTIN BIEBER | 2U – David Guetta (ft. Justin Bieber) Love Yourself – Justin Bieber Despacito (Remix) – Luis Fonsi (ft. Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber) |
| 15 ↑ | DEMI LOVATO | No Promises – Cheat Codes (ft. Demi Lovato) Sorry Not Sorry – Demi Lovato Instruction – Jax Jones (ft. Demi Lovato & Stefflon) |
| 16 ↓ | SYMERE WOODS & BRYAN SIMMONS | XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert |
| 17 ✮ | IAN KIRKPATRICK | New Rules – Dua Lipa Bad Liar – Selena Gomez |
| 18 ↓ | DAVID GUETTA & GEORGIO TUINFORT | One Last Time – Ariana Grande 2U – David Guetta (ft. Justin Bieber) |
| 19 ↓ | MIKE WILL MADE-IT, SWAE LEE & FRENCH MONTANA | Unforgettable – French Montana (ft. Swae Lee) |
| 20 ↑ | ED DREWETT | Mama – Jonas Blue (ft. William Singe |
Every track charting on the UK’s 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.
 | The Hot Hitmakers chart is repurposed with kind permission of Royalty Exchange, the online music royalties marketplace. |
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