Ed Sheeran: top of the US and UK songwriters, yet again. Pic: Eva Rinaldi/Wikimedia Commons
Compiled with Royalty Exchange, based on the Hot 100 and Singles Chart, we list the top of the pop songwriters
US Songwriting Chart (13 January 2018)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 | ED SHEERAN | Perfect – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran End Game – Taylor Swift (ft. Ed Sheeran & Future) River – Eminem (ft. Ed Sheeran) |
| 2 ↑ | SHAYAA ABRAHAM-JOSEPH | Bank Account – 21 Savage Rockstar – Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage) Bartier Cardi – Cardi B (ft. 21 Savage) |
| 3 ↑ | BELCALIS ALMANZAR | Bodak Yellow (Money Moves) – Cardi B MotorSport – Migos, Nicki Minaj, & Cardi B Bartier Cardi – Cardi B (ft. 21 Savage) La Modelo – Ozuna x Cardi B Finesse – Bruno Mars & Cardi B |
| 4 ↑ | NATHAN FEUERSTEIN | Let You Down – NF |
| 5 ↑ | DANIEL HERNANDEZ | Gummo – 6ix9ine Kooda – 6ix9ine |
| 6 ↑ | PHARRELL WILLIAMS | Havana – Camila Cabello (ft. Young Thug) Lemon – N.E.R.D & Rihanna |
| 7 ↑ | AUSTIN POST | Candy Paint – Post Malone I Fall Apart – Post Malone Rockstar – Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage) |
| 8 ↑ | CHARLIE PUTH & JACOB KASHER | Attention – Charlie Puth How Long – Charlie Puth |
| 9 ↑ | LOUIS BELL | Rockstar – Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage) Candy Paint – Post Malone Wolves – Selena Gomez X Marshmello |
| 10 ↑ | BRANDON LANCASTER | Greatest Love Story – LANCO |
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 (5 January 2018)
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 ↑ | ED SHEERAN | Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran Perfect – Ed Sheeran Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran River – Eminem (ft. Ed Sheeran) Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo) Your Song – Rita Ora |
| 2 ↑ | MICHAEL DAPAAH | Man’s Not Hot – Big Shaq |
| 3 ✮ | RAMONE ROCHESTER | Barking – Ramz |
| 4 ↑ | NATHAN FEUERSTEIN | Let You Down – NF |
| 5 ↑ | DAVE | No Words – Dave (ft. Mostack) |
| 6 ↑ | NOT3S | My Lover – Not3s |
| 7 ↑ | MOMODOU JALLOW | Bouff Daddy – J Hus |
| 8 ✮ | JACK PATTERSON | I Miss You – Clean Bandit (ft. Julia Michaels) Symphony – Clean Bandit (ft. Zara Larsson) |
| 9 ✮ | BENJ PASEK | This Is Me – Keala Settle Rewrite The Stars – Zac Efron & Zendaya |
| 10 ✮ | STEEL BANGLEZ | Bad – Steel Banglez (ft. Yungen, MoStack, Mr Eazi & Not3s) |
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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