Gucci Mane Met Gala: a successful song for co-writers Kiari Cephus and Leland Wayne
We list the week’s top songwriters behind the biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart
The story of the week is the impact that two new songs can have on the songwriters behind them. The tracks charting this week are Gucci Mane’s Met Gala and Lil Yachty’s Peek A Boo. Both feature a host of credited songwriters who are also prolific in their contributions to other songs on the charts. As such, Kiari Cephus, Leland ‘MetroBoomin’ Wayne, and Quavious ‘Quavo’ Marshall all move up or held onto their ranks due to their involvement in each track.
US Songwriting Chart (17 June 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 ↑ | QUAVIOUS MARSHALL | Peek A Boo – Lil Yachty (ft. Migos) 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) |
| 2 ↓ | KENDRICK LAMAR | DNA – Kendrick Lamar Humble – Kendrick Lamar Element – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) Love – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari) Goosebumps – Travis Scott |
| 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 ↑ | 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) |
| 6 ↓ | JUSTIN TRANTER | Bad Liar – Selena Gomez Believer – Imagine Dragons Issues – Julia Michaels Heavy – Linkin Park (ft. Kiiara) Cold – Maroon 5 (ft. Future) |
| 7 | LELAND WAYNE | Met Gala – Gucci Mane (ft. Offset) Mask Off – Future Tunnel Vision – Kodak Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) |
| 8 ↑ | KIARA CEPHUS | Met Gala – Gucci Mane (ft. Offset) 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) |
| 9 ↑ | ED SHEERAN | Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo) Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran |
| 10 ↑ | AUBREY GRAHAM | Passionfruit – Drake Portland – Drake (ft. Quavo & Travis Scott) Both – Gucci Mane (ft. Drake) |
| 11 ↑ | ANDREW TAGGART | Paris – The Chainsmokers Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Closer – The Chainsmokers (ft. Halsey) |
| 12 ↑ | MILES MCCOLLUM | Met Gala – Gucci Mane (ft. Offset) iSpy – KYLE (ft. Lil Yachty) |
| 13 | BRYAN SIMMONS | XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert |
| 14 ↑ | SHANE MCANALLY | Drinkin’ Problem’ – Midland If I Told You – Darius Rucker Body Like A Back Road – Sam Hunt |
| 15 ↑ | KYLE HARVEY | iSpy – KYLE (ft. Lil Yachty) |
| 16 ↑ | LUDWIG GÖRANSSON & DONALD GLOVER | Redbone – Childish Gambino |
| 17 ↑ | AYLEO & MATEO BOWLES | Rolex – Ayo & Teo |
| 18 ↓ | JULIA MICHAELS | Issues – Julia Michaels Heavy – Linkin Park (ft. Kiiara) Bad Liar – Selena Gomez |
| 19 | ALESSIA CARACCIOLO | Scars To Your Beautiful – Alessia Cara 1-800-273-8255 – Logic (ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid) Stay by Zedd & Alessia Cara |
| 20 ↓ | MILEY CYRUS & OREN YOEL | Malibu – Miley Cyrus |
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 (2 June 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 Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo) Your Song – Rita Ora |
| 2 ✮ | JAKE PAINTER | Liar Liar – Captain Ska |
| 3 ↓ | J HUS | Did You See – J Hus |
| 4 ↓ | 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 Issues – Julia Michaels |
| 5 ✮ | STEVE MAC | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo) Your Song – Rita Ora |
| 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 ↑ | LUIS FONSI & ERIKA ENDER | Despacito – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee |
| 9 ↑ | MICHAEL OMARI | Power – Little Mix Big For Your Boots – Stormzy |
| 10 ↑ | 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 |
| 11 ↑ | CHARLIE PUTH | Attention – Charlie Puth |
| 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 ↑ | RORY GRAHAM | Human – Rag’n’Bone Man Skin – Rag’n’Bone Man |
| 14 ↓ | AUBREY GRAHAM | Blem – Drake Passionfruit – Drake KMT – Drake (ft. Giggs) |
| 15 ↑ | MILEY CYRUS & OREN YOEL | Malibu – Miley Cyrus |
| 16 ↓ | KENDRICK LAMAR & MICHAEL WILLIAMS II | DNA – Kendrick Lamar Humble – Kendrick Lamar |
| 17 ✮ | NOEL GALLAGHER | Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis |
| 18 ✮ | NAYVADIUS WILBURN | Rollin – Calvin Harris (ft. Future & Khalid) Mask Off – Future |
| 19 ↓ | AMMAR MALIK | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Symphony – Clean Bandit (ft. Zara Larsson) New Man – Ed Sheeran |
| 20 ↓ | NANA ROGUES | Passionfruit – Drake |
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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