Kendrick Lamar: DAMN takes the charts by storm on both sides of the Atlantic
We list the week’s top songwriters behind the biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart
Well that’s a first. We’ve seen the artist/songwriter behind a best-selling debut take over the US songwriting chart before. We’ve even seen other songwriters involved in the album find placement among the Top 20. But we’ve never seen both the artist/songwriter and associated collaborators take over the top four positions on the chart the way Kendrick Lamar and his songwriters have this week.
With Lamar sitting at No 1, DAMN songwriters Mark Spears, Anthony Tiffith, and Michael Williams II debut with him in second, third, and fourth, respectively. Dacoury Natche joins them at No 10, meaning half of the Top 10 songwriters of the week stem from Lamar’s debut album.
US Songwriting Chart (6 May 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 ↑ | KENDRICK LAMAR DUCKWORTH | DNA – Kendrick Lamar Humble – Kendrick Lamar Fear – Kendrick Lamar Feel – Kendrick Lamar Duckworth – Kendrick Lamar Yah – Kendrick Lamar Pride – Kendrick Lamar Blood – Kendrick Lamar Element – Kendrick Lamar Lust – Kendrick Lamar God – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) Love – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari) Goosebumps – Travis Scott |
| 2 ✮ | MARK SPEARS | Feel – Kendrick Lamar Yah – Kendrick Lamar Lust – Kendrick Lamar God – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) Love – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari) |
| 3 ✮ | ANTHONY TIFFITH | Yah – Kendrick Lamar Pride – Kendrick Lamar Blood – Kendrick Lamar God – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) Love – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari) |
| 4 ✮ | MICHAEL WILLIAMS II | DNA – Kendrick Lamar Humble – Kendrick Lamar XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) |
| 5 ↓ | 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) |
| 6 ↓ | QUAVIOUS MARSHALL | 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) |
| 7 ↓ | AUBREY GRAHAM | Gyalchester – Drake Passionfruit – Drake Portland – Drake (ft. Quavo & Travis Scott) No Frauds – Nicki Minaj, Drake, & Lil Wayne Both – Gucci Mane (ft. Drake) |
| 8 ↓ | SYMERE WOODS | XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) |
| 9 ↓ | ANDREW TAGGART | Paris – The Chainsmokers Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Closer – The Chainsmokers (ft. Halsey) |
| 10 ✮ | DACOURY NATCHE | Yah – Kendrick Lamar Lust – Kendrick Lamar God – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) |
| 11 ↓ | JUSTIN TRANTER | Believer – Imagine Dragons Issues – Julia Michaels Heavy – Linkin Park (ft. Kiiara) Cold – Maroon 5 (ft. Future) |
| 12 ↓ | KYLE HARVEY & MILES MCCOLLUM | iSpy – KYLE (ft. Lil Yachty) |
| 13 ✮ | RAMÓN RODRIQUEZ & LUIS FONSEY | Despacito – Luis Fonsi (ft. Daddy Yankee) |
| 14 ↓ | BRYAN SIMMONS | XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert |
| 15 ↓ | JOSHUA LUELLEN | Mask Off – Future Both – Gucci Mane (ft. Drake) Tunnel Vision – Kodak |
| 16 ↓ | BENJAMIN LEVIN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Now Or Never – Halsey Issues – Julia Michaels |
| 17 ↓ | KIARA CEPHUS | Slide – Calvin Harris (ft. Frank Ocean & Migos) T-Shirt – Migos Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) |
| 18 ↓ | NANA ROGUES | Passionfruit – Drake |
| 19 ↓ | ED SHEERAN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran |
| 20 ↓ | LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA | How Far I’ll Go – Auli’i Cravalho |
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 April 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 | ED SHEERAN | Perfect – Ed Sheeran Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran How Would You Feel (Paean) – Ed Sheeran What Do I Know – Ed Sheeran Happier – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Dive – Ed Sheeran New Man – Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Eraser – Ed Sheeran Nancy Mulligan – Ed Sheeran Hearts Don’t Break Around Here – Ed Sheeran Bibia Be Ye Ye – Ed Sheeran |
| 2 ✮ | KENDRICK LAMAR | Humble – Kendrick Lamar DNA – Kendrick Lamar Blood – Kendrick Lamar Yah – Kendrick Lamar Feel – Kendrick Lamar Pride – Kendrick Lamar Element – Kendrick Lamar Fear – Kendrick Lamar Love – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari) Lust – Kendrick Lamar God – Kendrick Lamar Duckworth – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) |
| 3 | BENJAMIN LEVIN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Happier – Ed Sheeran Dive – Ed Sheeran New Man – Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Nancy Mulligan – Ed Sheeran Bibia Be Ye Ye – Ed Sheeran Issues – Julia Michaels Run Up – Major Lazer ft. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj |
| 4 ↓ | AUBREY GRAHAM | Passionfruit – Drake Blem – Drake Fake Love – Drake Gyalchester – Drake Madiba Riddim – 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) |
| 5 ↓ | JOHNNY MCDAID | What Do I Know? – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Eraser – Ed Sheeran Nancy Mulligan – Ed Sheeran Hearts Don’t Break Around Here – Ed Sheeran |
| 6 ✮ | MICHAEL WILLIAMS II | Humble – Kendrick Lamar DNA – Kendrick Lamar |
| 7 ✮ | MARK SPEARS | Yah – Kendrick Lamar Feel – Kendrick Lamar Element – Kendrick Lamar Love – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari) Lust – Kendrick Lamar God – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) |
| 8 ✮ | ANTHONY TIFFITH | Blood – Kendrick Lamar Yah – Kendrick Lamar Pride – Kendrick Lamar Love – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari) God – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) |
| 9 ↓ | DISCIPLES | On My Mind – Disciples |
| 10 ↓ | INA WROLDSEN | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Symphony – Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson Places – Martin Solveig & Inoa Wroldsen |
| 11 ↓ | J HUS | Did You See? – Drake |
| 12 ↓ | MICHAEL OMARI | Big For Your Boots – Stormzy |
| 13 ↓ | RORY GRAHAM | Human – Rag’n’Bone Man Skin – Rag’n’Bone Man |
| 14 ↓ | ANDREW TAGGART | Paris – Chainsmokers The One – Chainsmokers Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Closer – Chainsmokers ft. Halsey |
| 15 ↓ | AMMAR MALIK | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Symphony – Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson New Man – Ed Sheeran |
| 16 ↓ | NANA ROGUES | Passionfruit – Drake |
| 17 ↓ | FOY VANCE | What Do I Know? – Ed Sheeran Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Nancy Mulligan – Ed Sheeran |
| 18 ✮ | DACOURY NATCHE | Yah – Kendrick Lamar Lust – Kendrick Lamar God – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) |
| 19 ↓ | JAMIE HARTMAN | Human – Rag’n’Bone Man |
| 20 ↓ | MARTIN 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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