Liam Payne: his single Strip That Down helps co-writers Quavious “Quavo” Marshall and Ed Sheeran up the charts. Photo: Ashley Newby/Creative Commons
We list the week’s top songwriters behind the biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart
Lauren Duski, the runner-up for Season 12 of ‘The Voice’ by the closest voting margin in the show’s history, debuted her original song Deja Vu during the season finale. Duski’s hit landed her on Billboard’s Top 100 at No 43, above both Katy Perry and Camila Cabello, and on our ranking of the most successful songwriters of the week at No 8.
Meanwhile, former One Direction member Liam Payne’s solo-career took off with his single Strip That Down, which lists Quavious “Quavo” Marshall and Ed Sheeran as co-writers. Quavo now has co-writing credits with eight different artists currently charting this week, which makes him by far the most prolific songwriter on the chart today.
US Songwriting Chart (10 June 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 | KENDRICK LAMAR | DNA – Kendrick Lamar Humble – Kendrick Lamar Element – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) Love – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari) Goosebumps – Travis Scott |
| 2 | QUAVIOUS MARSHALL | Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo) Bon Appetit – Katy Perry (ft. Migos) Slippery – Migos (ft. Gucci Mane) I’m The One – DJ Khaled (ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Little Wayne) Good Drank – 2 Chainz & Gucci Mane & Quavo Portland – Drake (ft. Quavo & Travis Scott) Slide – Calvin Harris (ft. Frank Ocean & Migos) T-Shirt – Migos Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) |
| 3 ↑ | BENJAMIN LEVIN | Crying In The Club – Camila Cabello Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Now Or Never – Halsey Issues – Julia Michaels |
| 4 ↑ | MICHAEL WILLIAMS II | DNA – Kendrick Lamar Humble – Kendrick Lamar |
| 5 ↑ | JUSTIN TRANTER | Bad Liar – Selena Gomez Believer – Imagine Dragons Issues – Julia Michaels Heavy – Linkin Park (ft. Kiiara) Cold – Maroon 5 (ft. Future) |
| 6 ↓ | SYMERE WOODS | Woke Up Like This – Playboi Carti (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) |
| 7 ↓ | LELAND WAYNE | Mask Off – Future Tunnel Vision – Kodak Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) |
| 8 ✮ | LAUREN DUSKI | Déjà vu – Lauren Duski |
| 9 | KIARA CEPHUS | Bon Appetit – Katy Perry (ft. Migos) Slippery – Migos (ft. Gucci Mane) Slide – Calvin Harris (ft. Frank Ocean & Migos) T-Shirt – Migos Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) |
| 10 ↑ | ED SHEERAN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran |
| 11 ↓ | AUBREY GRAHAM | Passionfruit – Drake Portland – Drake (ft. Quavo & Travis Scott) Both – Gucci Mane (ft. Drake) |
| 12 ↓ | ANDREW TAGGART | Paris – The Chainsmokers Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Closer – The Chainsmokers (ft. Halsey) |
| 13 ↓ | BRYAN SIMMONS | XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert |
| 14 ↑ | JULIA MICHAELS | Issues – Julia Michaels Heavy – Linkin Park (ft. Kiiara) Bad Liar – Selena Gomez |
| 15 | MILES MCCOLLUM & KYLE HARVEY | iSpy – KYLE (ft. Lil Yachty) |
| 16 ↑ | SHANE MCANALLY | Drinkin’ Problem’ – Midland If I Told You – Darius Rucker Body Like A Back Road – Sam Hunt |
| 17 ↓ | MILEY CYRUS & OREN YOEL | Malibu – Miley Cyrus |
| 18 ↑ | LUDWIG GÖRANSSON & DONALD GLOVER | Redbone – Childish Gambino |
| 19 ↓ | ALESSIA CARACCIOLO | Scars To Your Beautiful – Alessia Cara 1-800-273-8255 – Logic (ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid) Stay by Zedd & Alessia Cara |
| 20 ↓ | NANA ROGUES | Passionfruit – Drake |
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 (26 May 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 ↑ | ED SHEERAN | Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Dive – Ed Sheeran Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran Happier – Ed Sheeran New Man – Ed Sheeran Perfect – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran What Do I Know – Ed Sheeran |
| 2 ↓ | J HUS | Common Sense – J Hus Did You See – J Hus |
| 3 | BENJAMIN LEVIN | Crying In The Club – Camila Cabello Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Dive – Ed Sheeran Happier – Ed Sheeran New Man – Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran Now Or Never – Halsey Issues – Julia Michaels |
| 4 | MAGGIE LINDEMANN | Pretty Girl – Maggie Lindemann |
| 5 | NIALL HORAN | Slow Hands – Niall Horan |
| 6 ↑ | INA WROLDSEN | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Symphony – Clean Bandit (ft. Zara Larsson) Places – Martin Solveig & Ina Wroldsen |
| 7 ↑ | JACOB KASHER | Attention – Charlie Puth Swalla – Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty |
| 8 ↓ | MICHAEL WILLIAMS II & KENDRICK LAMAR | DNA – Kendrick Lamar Humble – Kendrick Lamar |
| 9 | AUBREY GRAHAM | Blem – Drake Passionfruit – Drake KMT – Drake (ft. Giggs) |
| 10 ↑ | LUIS FONSI & ERIKA ENDER | Despacito – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee |
| 11 ↑ | QUAVIOUS MARSHALL | Slide – Calvin Harris (ft. Frank Ocean & Migos) I’m The One – DJ Khaled (ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Little Wayne) Bon Appetit – Katy Perry (ft. Migos) Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo) Congratulations – Post Malone & Quavo |
| 12 ↓ | JOHNNY MCDAID | Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran What Do I Know? – Ed Sheeran |
| 13 ↑ | CHARLIE PUTH | Attention – Charlie Puth |
| 14 ↓ | RORY GRAHAM | Human – Rag’n’Bone Man Skin – Rag’n’Bone Man |
| 15 ↓ | HARRY STYLES | Carolina – Harry Styles Kiwi – Harry Styles Sign Of The Times – Harry Styles Sweet Creature – Harry Styles |
| 16 ↓ | MILEY CYRUS & OREN YOEL | Malibu – Miley Cyrus |
| 17 ↑ | AMMAR MALIK | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Symphony – Clean Bandit (ft. Zara Larsson) New Man – Ed Sheeran |
| 18 | NANA ROGUES | Passionfruit – Drake |
| 19 | MICHAEL OMARI | Big For Your Boots – Stormzy |
| 20 ✮ | MICHAEL PICANDET | Places – Martin Solveig & Ina Wroldsen |
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 – royaltyexchange.com |
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