Katie Melua: enters the UK chart thanks to her official Children In Need charity single. Photo: Josh Shinner
Here’s our latest weekly round-up of the Top 10 songwriters on both sides of the Atlantic, compiled by Royalty Exchange
US Songwriting Chart (9 December 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 | ED SHEERAN | Perfect – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo) End Game – Taylor Swift (ft. Ed Sheeran & Future) The Rest of Our Life – Tim McGraw & Faith Hill |
| 2 | SHAYAA ABRAHAM-JOSEPH | Bank Account – 21 Savage Rockstar – Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage) |
| 3 ↑ | AUSTIN POST | Go Flex – Post Malone Candy Paint – Post Malone I Fall Apart – Post Malone Rockstar – Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage) Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) |
| 4 | MICHAEL WILLIAMS II | Unforgettable – French Montana (ft. Swae Lee) Humble – Kendrick Lamar Rake It Up – Yo Gotti (ft. Nicki Minaj) |
| 5 ↑ | LOUIS BELL | Rockstar – Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage) Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) Candy Paint – Post Malone Wolves – Selena Gomez X Marshmello |
| 6 | CHARLIE PUTH & JACOB KASHER | Attention – Charlie Puth How Long – Charlie Puth |
| 7 ↑ | BRANDON LANCASTER | Greatest Love Story – LANco |
| 8 ↓ | LELAND WAYNE | Ghostface Killers – 21 Savage, Offset, & Metro Boomin (ft. Travis Scott) I Get That Bag – Gucci Mane (ft. Migos) Ric Flair Drip – Offset & Metro Boomin Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) |
| 9 ↑ | BELCALIS ALMANZAR | Bodak Yellow (Money Moves) – Cardi B No Limit – G-Eazy (ft. A$AP Rocky & Cardi B) MotorSport – Migos, Nicki Minaj & Cardi B |
| 10 ↑ | NATHAN FEUERSTEIN | Let You Down – NF |
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 November 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 | ED SHEERAN | A Different Way – DJ Snake (ft. Lauv) Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran Perfect – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Boa Me – Fuse ODG (ft. Ed Sheeran & Mugeez) Your Song – Rita Ora |
| 2 ↑ | MICHAEL DAPAAH | Man’s Not Hot – Big Shaq |
| 3 ↑ | KHALID ROBINSON | Young Dumb & Broke – Khalid 1-800-273-8255 – Logic (ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid) Silence – Marshmello (ft. Khalid) |
| 4 ↓ | DAVE | How I Met My Ex – Dave No Words – Dave (ft. Mostack) |
| 5 ↑ | MARC KINCHEN | 17 – MK |
| 6 ↓ | PHARRELL WILLIAMS | Havana – Camila Cabello (ft. Young Thug) Feels – Calvin Harris (ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean Lemon – N.E.R.D & Rihanna |
| 7 ✮ | NOT3S | My Lover – Not3s 99 + 1 – Not3s & Mostack |
| 8 ↓ | NATHAN FEUERSTEIN | Let You Down – NF |
| 9 ↓ | SHAYAA ABRAHAM-JOSEPH | Bank Account – 21 Savage Rockstar – Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage) |
| 10 ✮ | KATIE MELUA | Fields Of Gold – Katie Melua |
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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