
Promotional photo of It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas songwriter, Meredith Willson
This week’s rundown of the Top 10 songwriters on both sides of the Atlantic includes creators of several festive favourites
US Songwriting Chart (30 December 2017)
RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
1 ↑ | JOHNNY MARKS | Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee A Holly Jolly Christmas – Burl Ives |
2 ↓ | ED SHEERAN | Perfect – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran End Game – Taylor Swift (ft. Ed Sheeran & Future) |
3 | SHAYAA ABRAHAM-JOSEPH | Bank Account – 21 Savage Rockstar – Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage) |
4 | 6IX9INE | Gummo – 6ix9ine Kooda – 6ix9ine |
5 | NATHAN FEUERSTEIN | Let You Down – NF |
6 | AUSTIN POST | Candy Paint – Post Malone I Fall Apart – Post Malone Rockstar – Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage) |
7 | LOUIS BELL | Rockstar – Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage) Candy Paint – Post Malone Wolves – Selena Gomez X Marshmello |
8 ↑ | GEORGE MICHAEL | Last Christmas – Wham |
9 ↑ | PHARRELL WILLIAMS | Havana – Camila Cabello (ft. Young Thug) Lemon – N.E.R.D & Rihanna |
10 ↓ | KHALID ROBINSON | 1-800-273-8255 – Logic (ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid) Silence – Marshmello (ft. Khalid) |
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 (15 December 2017)
RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
1 ✮ | JOHNNY MARKS | Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee A Holly Jolly Christmas – Burl Ives |
2 ↓ | ED SHEERAN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Perfect – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran When Christmas Comes Around – Matt Terry |
3 ↓ | GEORGE MICHAEL | Last Christmas – Wham |
4 ↓ | MICHAEL DAPAAH | Man’s Not Hot – Big Shaq |
5 ↑ | NATHAN FEUERSTEIN | Let You Down – NF |
6 | MARC KINCHEN | 17 – MK |
7 | BOB HEATLIE | Merry Christmas Everyone – Shakin’ Stevens |
8 ✮ | MEREDITH WILSON | It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas – Michael Buble |
9 ↑ | ROY WOOD | I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday – Wizzard |
10 ✮ | CHRIS REA | Driving Home For Christmas – Chris Rea |
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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