Ed Sheeran: No 1 songwriter on our charts this week, both sides of the Atlantic. Photo: Eva Renaldi/Creative Commons
Assisted by Royalty Exchange, we recognise the most successful songwriters behind the biggest hits on both sides of the Atlantic
Ed Sheeran took the top spot with the release of several new tracks in advance of his Divide album. Once the LP officially drops, we expect Ed and his fellow songwriters to take a commanding hold of the Songwriting Chart for some time. But the real goal of this chart is to highlight the songwriters with the biggest creative impact on the Hot 100 and the UK Official Singles Chart. While artists like Future will gain a dominant position by virtue of having songwriting credits on multiple tracks from a new album, it’s the songwriters contributing to multiple songs by different performing artists that catch our eye most.
On that front, Leland ‘Metro Boomin‘ Wayne in the No 5 spot contributed to five different tracks (including one of his own). Justin Tranter debuted at No 10 and Ashley Gorley held on for another week at No. 20, both with four songs from four different performers each.
Meanwhile chart standard Max Martin (10), and newcomers Benjamin Levin (16) and Adam Feeney (17) all make the chart with credits on three different songs performed by three different artists each.
US Songwriting Chart (11 March 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 ↑ | ED SHEERAN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran How Would You Feel (Paean) – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran |
| 2 ↓ | TAYLOR SWIFT | Better Man – Little Big Town I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) – Zayn/Taylor Swift |
| 3 ↓ | SAM HUNT | Body Like A Back Road – Sam Hunt |
| 4 ✮ | KODAK BLACK | Tunnel Vision – Kodak Black |
| 5 ↓ | LELAND WAYNE | No Heart – 21 Savage & Metro Boomin Bounce Back – Big Sean Both – Gucci Mane (ft. Drake) Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) |
| 6 ✮ | NAYVADIUS WILBURN | Draco – Future Mask Off – Future Rent Money – Future Super Trapper – Future Zoom – Future Used To This – Future (ft. Drake) |
| 7 ↓ | TYLER JOSEPH | Heathens – Twenty One Pilots |
| 8 ↑ | ANDREW TAGGART | Paris – The Chainsmokers Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers (ft. Daya) Closer – The Chainsmokers (ft. Halsey) |
| 9 ↓ | MAX MARTIN |
Side To Side – Ariana Grande (ft. Nicki Minaj) Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Chained To The Rhythm – Katy Perry (ft. Skip Marley) |
| 10 ✮ | JUSTIN TRANTER | Believer – Imagine Dragons Issues – Julia Michaels Heavy – Linkin Park (ft. Kiiara) Cold – Maroon 5 (ft. Future) |
| 11 ↓ | MILES MCCOLLUM | Broccoli – D.R.A.M (ft. Lil Yachty) iSpy – KYLE (ft. Lil Yachty) |
| 12 ↓ | STEVE MAC | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran |
| 13 ↓ | QUAVIOUS MARSHALL | T-Shirt – Migos Slippery – Migos (ft. Gucci Mane) Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) |
| 14 ↓ | AUBREY GRAHAM | Fake Love – Drake Used To This – Future (ft. Drake) Both – Gucci Mane (ft. Drake) |
| 15 ↓ | JERMAINE COLE | Déjà Vu – J. Cole |
| 16 ✮ | BENJAMIN LEVIN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Issues – Julia Michaels Love – Lana Del Rey |
| 17 ✮ | ADAM FEENEY | Fake Love – Drake Mask Off – Future Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) |
| 18 ✮ | KHALIF BROWN & AAQUIL BROWN | Swang – Sremmurd Black Beatles – Sremmurd (ft. Gucci Mane) |
| 19 ↓ | MARTIN MCKINNEY & ABEL TESFAYE | Party Monster – The Weeknd Reminder – The Weeknd Starboy – The Weeknd (ft. Daft Punk) I Feel It Coming – The Weeknd (ft. Daft Punk) |
| 20 ↓ | ASHLEY GORLEY | A Guy With A Girl – Blake Shelton Today – Brad Paisley Black – Dierks Bentley Dirt On My Boots – Jon Pardi |
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 (24 February 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 | ED SHEERAN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran How Would You Feel (Paean) – Ed Sheeran Photograph – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran Cold Water – Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MO |
| 2 | RORY GRAHAM | Human – Rag’n’Bone Man Skin – Rag’n’Bone Man |
| 3 ↑ | SIA FURLER | Chained To The Rhythm – Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley Cheap Thrills – Sia Helium – Sia Move Your Body – Sia The Greatest – Sia Ft Kendrick Lamar |
| 4 ↓ | BENJAMIN LEVIN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Issues – Julia Michaels Love – Lana Del Rey Cold Water – Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MO Run Up – Major Lazer ft. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj |
| 5 ↓ | MICHAEL OMARI | Big For Your Boots – Stormzy |
| 6 ↑ | ANNE-MARIE | Ciao Adios – Anne Marie |
| 7 ↓ | GREG KURSTIN | Hello – Adele Water Under The Bridge – Adele Cheap Thrills – Sia Move Your Body – Sia The Greatest – Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar |
| 8 ↓ | DOMINIC WYNN WOODS | Now And Later – Sage The Gemini |
| 9 ↑ | ANDREW TAGGART | Paris – Chainsmokers Something Just Like This – Chainsmokers & Coldplay Don’t Let Me Down – Chainsmokers ft. Daya Closer – Chainsmokers ft. Halsey |
| 10 ↓ | TOM ZANETTI | You Want Me – Tom Zanetti ft. Sadie Ama |
| 11 | STEVE MAC | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran So Good – Louisa Johnson |
| 12 | JAMIE HARTMAN | Human – Rag’n’Bone Man |
| 13 ↑ | JOHNNY MCDAID | Photograph – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Love My Life – Robbie Williams |
| 13 ✮ | JUSTIN TRANTER | Believer – Imagine Dragons Issues – Julia Michaels Sorry – Justin Bieber Heavy – Linkin Park ft. Kiiara Cold – Maroon 5 ft. Future |
| 14 ↓ | LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA | How Far I’ll Go – Alessia Cara |
| 15 ↑ | NICHOLAS JAMES GALE & LUCY TAYLOR | Be The One – Dua Lipa |
| 16 ↑ | STARLEY HOPE & PETER WADAMS | Call On Me – Starley |
| 17 ↓ | JOHN PAUL COOPER & ALEX SMITH | Perfect Strangers – Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper September Song – JP Cooper |
| 18 ✮ | JAMES ARTHUR | Safe Inside – James Arthur Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur |
| 19 ↑ | INA WROLDSEN | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Text From Your Ex – Tinie Tempah ft. Tinashe |
| 20 ✮ | JOHN RYAN |
Love Me Now – John Legend Cold – Maroon 5 ft. Future Don’t Wanna Know – Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar Shed A Light – Robin Schulz & David Guetta ft. Cheat Codes |
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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