Ed Sheeran: top of the UK songwriting chart for yet another week. Photo: Greg Williams
Assisted by Royalty Exchange, we recognise the most successful songwriters behind the biggest hits on both sides of the Atlantic
Drake continues to dominate the US chart measuring the top songwriters behind the week’s biggest tracks on the Billboard Hot 100. Not only did he keep his No 1 position, but he’s involved in the charting of five additional songwriters who either collaborated with him directly or did so on other songs that feature him.
The result is not much movement in the US chart, other than the debut of US rapper “Russ” (Russ Vitale) at No 18. Interestingly, Ed Sheeran collaborator Benjamin Levin pulled away from the superstar, rising to No 8 (from Sheeran’s 17) thanks to additional credits on tracks from Halsey and Julia Michaels…
US Songwriting Chart (29 April 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 | AUBREY GRAHAM | Blem – Drake Fake Love – Drake Gyalchester – Drake Passionfruit – Drake Teenage Fever – Drake Portland – Drake (ft. Quavo & Travis Scott) Sacrifices – Drake (ft. 2 Chainz & Young Thug) No Frauds – Nicki Minaj, Drake, & Lil Wayne Both – Gucci Mane (ft. Drake) |
| 2 | LELAND WAYNE | Bounce Back – Big Sean Mask Off – Future Both – Gucci Mane (ft. Drake) Tunnel Vision – Kodak Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) |
| 3 | QUAVIOUS MARSHALL | 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) |
| 4 | ANDREW TAGGART | Paris – The Chainsmokers Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Closer – The Chainsmokers (ft. Halsey) |
| 5↑ | SYMERE WOODS | XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) |
| 6 | JUSTIN TRANTER | Believer – Imagine Dragons Issues – Julia Michaels Heavy – Linkin Park (ft. Kiiara) Cold – Maroon 5 (ft. Future) |
| 7 | LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA | How Far I’ll Go – Alessia Cara How Far I’ll Go – Auli’i Cravalho |
| 8 ✮ | BENJAMIN LEVIN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Now Or Never – Halsey Issues – Julia Michaels |
| 9 | ADAM FEENEY | Fake Love – Drake Mask Off – Future Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) |
| 10 ↓ | MILES MCCOLLUM & KYLE HARVEY | iSpy – KYLE (ft. Lil Yachty) |
| 11 ↓ | JOSHUA LUELLEN | Mask Off – Future Both – Gucci Mane (ft. Drake) Tunnel Vision – Kodak |
| 12 ↑ | BRYAN SIMMONS | XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert |
| 13 ↓ | KIARA CEPHUS | Slide – Calvin Harris (ft. Frank Ocean & Migos) T-Shirt – Migos Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) |
| 14 ↓ | KENDRICK LAMAR | Humble – Kendrick Lamar The Heart Part 4 – Kendrick Lamar Goosebumps – Travis Scott |
| 15 ↓ | JACK ANTONOFF | Green Light – Lorde I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) – Zayn & Taylor Swift |
| 16 ↑ | NANA ROGUES | Passionfruit – Drake |
| 17 ↑ | ED SHEERAN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran |
| 18 ✮ | RUSS VITALE | Losin Control – Russ |
| 19 ↓ | MAX MARTIN | Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake Chained To The Rhythm – Katy Perry (ft. Skip Marley) |
| 20 ↓ | CHRISTOPHER BRODY BROWN, BRUNO MARS & PHILIP LAWRENCE | 24K Magic – Bruno Mars That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars |
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 (14 April 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 | ED SHEERAN | Perfect – Ed Sheeran How Would You Feel (Paean) – Ed Sheeran Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran What Do I Know – Ed Sheeran Happier – Ed Sheeran Dive – Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran New Man – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Eraser – Ed Sheeran Hearts Don’t Break Around Here – Ed Sheeran Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran Nancy Mulligan – Ed Sheeran Bibia Be Ye Ye – Ed Sheeran Save Myself – Ed Sheeran |
| 2 | BENJAMIN LEVIN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Happier – Ed Sheeran Dive – Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran New Man – Ed Sheeran Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Nancy Mulligan – Ed Sheeran Bibia Be Ye Ye – Ed Sheeran Now Or Never – Halsey Issues – Julia Michaels Run Up – Major Lazer ft. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj |
| 3 | AUBREY GRAHAM | Passionfruit – Drake Blem – Drake Fake Love – Drake Gyalchester – Drake Madiba Riddim – Drake Teenage Fever – Drake Jorja Interlude – Drake Free Smoke – Drake KMT – Drake (ft. Giggs) No Long Talk – Drake (ft. Giggs) Portland – Drake (ft. Quavo & Travis Scott) Get It Together – Drake (ft. Jorja Smith & Black Coffee) |
| 4 | JOHNNY MCDAID | What Do I Know? – Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Eraser – Ed Sheeran Hearts Don’t Break Around Here – Ed Sheeran Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran Nancy Mulligan – Ed Sheeran |
| 5 ↑ | INA WROLDSEN | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Symphony – Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson Places – Martin Solveig & Inoa Wroldsen |
| 6 ✮ | DISCIPLES | On My Mind – Disciples |
| 7 ↑ | ANDREW TAGGART | Paris – Chainsmokers The One – Chainsmokers Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Don’t Let Me Down – Chainsmokers ft. Daya Closer – Chainsmokers ft. Halsey |
| 8 ↓ | MICHAEL OMARI | Big For Your Boots – Stormzy |
| 9 ↑ | J HUS | Samantha – Dave & J Hus Did You See? – Drake |
| 10 ↓ | NANA ROGUES | Passionfruit – Drake Skepta Interlude – Drake |
| 11 ↓ | RORY GRAHAM | Human – Rag’n’Bone Man Skin – Rag’n’Bone Man |
| 12 ↓ | FOY VANCE | What Do I Know? – Ed Sheeran Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran Nancy Mulligan – Ed Sheeran |
| 13 ↓ | AMMAR MALIK | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Symphony – Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson New Man – Ed Sheeran |
| 14 ↑ | JAMIE HARTMAN | Passport Home – JP Cooper Human – Rag’n’Bone Man |
| 15 ✮ | EMILY WARREN | The One – Chainsmokers Don’t Let Me Down – Chainsmokers ft. Daya No More Sad Songs – Little Mix No Lie – Sean Paul ft. Dua Lipa |
| 16 ↑ | JACK ANTONOFF | Green Light – Lorde I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) – Zayn/Taylor Swift |
| 17 ↓ | ADAM FEENEY | Fake Love – Drake Madiba Riddim – Drake Still Got Time – Zayn (ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR) |
| 18 ↑ | JULIA MICHAELS | Dive – Ed Sheeran Issues – Julia Michaels |
| 19 ✮ | MARTIN PICANDET | Places – Martin Solveig & Ina Wroldsen |
| 20 ↓ | ADAM WILES | Slide – Calvin Harris (ft. Frank Ocean & Migos) Heatstroke – Calvin Harris (ft. Young Thug, Pharrell, and Ariana Grande) |
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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