Max Martin: the Scandinavian pop master returns as a new entry, once again, to both songwriting charts
We list the week’s top songwriters behind the biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart
Things settled a bit this week following the earth-shattering debut of Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. While several of the tracks from the new album fell in the Billboard Hot 100 rankings (as is to be expected), enough of them retained their staying power to keep Lamar atop our chart recognising the most influential songwriters of the week. A few of his co-writers also fell in ranking as well.
As a result, the songwriters behind songs with consistent staying power returned to the chart, including Steve Mac, Bruno Mars and co, Adam Feeney, and the indomitable Max Martin.
US Songwriting Chart (13 May 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 | KENDRICK LAMAR | DNA – Kendrick Lamar Humble – Kendrick Lamar Fear – Kendrick Lamar Feel – Kendrick Lamar Yah – Kendrick Lamar Pride – 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 ↑ | 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 ↑ | MICHAEL WILLIAMS II | DNA – Kendrick Lamar Humble – Kendrick Lamar XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) |
| 4 ↑ | 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) |
| 5 ↓ | MARK SPEARS | Feel – Kendrick Lamar Yah – Kendrick Lamar Lust – Kendrick Lamar God – Kendrick Lamar Element – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) Love – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari) |
| 6 ↑ | AUBREY GRAHAM | Gyalchester – Drake Passionfruit – Drake Portland – Drake (ft. Quavo & Travis Scott) No Frauds – Nicki Minaj, Drake, & Lil Wayne Both – Gucci Mane (ft. Drake) |
| 7 ↑ | SYMERE WOODS | XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) |
| 8 ↑ | ANDREW TAGGART | Paris – The Chainsmokers Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Closer – The Chainsmokers (ft. Halsey) |
| 9 ↑ | JUSTIN TRANTER | Believer – Imagine Dragons Issues – Julia Michaels Heavy – Linkin Park (ft. Kiiara) Cold – Maroon 5 (ft. Future) |
| 10 ↑ | BENJAMIN LEVIN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Now Or Never – Halsey Issues – Julia Michaels |
| 11 ↑ | RAMÓN RODRIQUEZ & LUIS FONSEY | Despacito – Luis Fonsi (ft. Daddy Yankee) |
| 12 ↓ | ANTHONY TIFFITH | Yah – Kendrick Lamar Pride – Kendrick Lamar God – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) Love – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari) |
| 13 ↑ | JOSHUA LUELLEN | Mask Off – Future Both – Gucci Mane (ft. Drake) Tunnel Vision – Kodak |
| 14 ↓ | KYLE HARVEY & MILES MCCOLLUM | iSpy – KYLE (ft. Lil Yachty) |
| 15 ↑ | KIARA CEPHUS | Slide – Calvin Harris (ft. Frank Ocean & Migos) T-Shirt – Migos Bad And Boujee – Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert) |
| 16 ↓ | BRYAN SIMMONS | XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert |
| 17 ↑ | ED SHEERAN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran |
| 18 | NANA ROGUES | Passionfruit – Drake |
| 19 ✮ | MAX MARTIN | Can’t Stop The Feeling! — Justin Timberlake Chained To The Rhythm — Katy Perry (ft. Skip Marley) Lust For Life – Lana Del Rey (ft. The Weeknd) |
| 20 ✮ | ADAM FEENEY | Mask Off – Future Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo) Still Got Time – Zayne (ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR) |
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 (28 April 2017)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 | ED SHEERAN | Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Bibia Be Ye Ye – Ed Sheeran Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Dive – Ed Sheeran Eraser – Ed Sheeran Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran Happier – Ed Sheeran Hearts Don’t Break Around Here – Ed Sheeran How Would You Feel (Paean) – Ed Sheeran Nancy Mulligan – Ed Sheeran Perfect – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran What Do I Know – Ed Sheeran |
| 2 ↑ | BENJAMIN LEVIN | Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Bibia Be Ye Ye – Ed Sheeran Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Dive – Ed Sheeran Happier – Ed Sheeran Nancy Mulligan – Ed Sheeran New Man – Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran Issues – Julia Michaels Run Up – Major Lazer (ft. PartyNextDoor and Nicki Minaj) |
| 3 ↓ | KENDRICK LAMAR | DNA – Kendrick Lamar Element – Kendrick Lamar Feel – Kendrick Lamar Humble – Kendrick Lamar Love – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari) Lust – Kendrick Lamar Pride – Kendrick Lamar Yah – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) |
| 4 | AUBREY GRAHAM | Blem – Drake Fake Love – Drake Gyalchester – Drake Passionfruit – Drake KMT – Drake (ft. Giggs) Portland – Drake (ft. Quavo & Travis Scott) Get It Together – Drake (ft. Jorja Smith & Black Coffee) |
| 5 ↑ | J HUS | Did You See? – Drake |
| 6 ↓ | JOHNNY MCDAID | Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Eraser – Ed Sheeran Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran Hearts Don’t Break Around Here – Ed Sheeran Nancy Mulligan – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran What Do I Know? – Ed Sheeran |
| 7 ↑ | MICHAEL WILLIAMS II | DNA – Kendrick Lamar Humble – Kendrick Lamar |
| 8 ↑ | DISCIPLES | On My Mind – Disciples |
| 9 ↑ | INA WROLDSEN | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Symphony – Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson Places – Martin Solveig & Ina Wroldsen |
| 10 ↑ | RORY GRAHAM | Human – Rag’n’Bone Man Skin – Rag’n’Bone Man |
| 11 ✮ | CHARLIE PUTH | Attention – Charlie Puth |
| 12 | MICHAEL OMARI | Big For Your Boots – Stormzy |
| 13 ↑ | NANA ROGUES | Passionfruit – Drake |
| 14 ↑ | AMMAR MALIK | Rockabye – Clean Bandit Symphony – Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson New Man – Ed Sheeran |
| 15 ↓ | ANDREW TAGGART | Paris – Chainsmokers The One – Chainsmokers Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Closer – Chainsmokers ft. Halsey |
| 16 ↑ | FOY VANCE | Barcelona – Ed Sheeran Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran Nancy Mulligan – Ed Sheeran What Do I Know? – Ed Sheeran |
| 17 ✮ | LUIS FONSI & ERIKA ENDER | Despacito – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee |
| 18 ✮ | MAX MARTIN | Can’t Stop The Feeling! — Justin Timberlake Chained To The Rhythm — Katy Perry (ft. Skip Marley) Lust For Life – Lana Del Rey (ft. The Weeknd) |
| 19 ↓ | MARK SPEARS | Element – Kendrick Lamar Feel – Kendrick Lamar Love – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari) Lust – Kendrick Lamar Yah – Kendrick Lamar Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna) XXX – Kendrick Lamar (ft. U2) |
| 20 ↓ | JAMIE HARTMAN | Human – Rag’n’Bone Man |
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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