UK & US Songwriting Charts (6 – 21 Oct 2017)

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Austin Post

Austin Post: known professionally as Post Malone. Photo: The Come Up Show from Canada/Wikimedia Commons

Assisted by Royalty Exchange, we recognise the most successful songwriters behind the biggest hits on both sides of the Atlantic

It’s rare the the popular music landscape changes so minimally, even in so little time as a week. That’s exactly what happened, however, with last week’s top five hitmakers continuing their reign. Few of these songwriters did it alone. It is through collaborative efforts that they are able to achieve a hit.

US Songwriting Chart (21 October 2017)


RANKSONGWRITERSONG – ARTIST
1MICHAEL WILLIAMS IIUnforgettable – French Montana (ft. Swae Lee)
Humble – Kendrick Lamar
Rake It Up – Yo Gotti (ft. Nicki Minaj)
2SHAYAA ABRAHAM-JOSEPHBank Account – 21 Savage
Rockstar – Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage)
Undefeated – A Boogie Wit da Hoodie (ft. 21 Savage)
3ED SHEERANPerfect – Ed Sheeran
Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran
Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo)
4JAHSEH ONFROYRoll In Peace – Kodak Black (ft. XXXTENTACION)
Jocelyn Flores – XXXTENTACION
F**k Love – XXXTENTACION (ft. Trippie Redd)
5KHALID ROBINSONLocation – Khalid
1-800-273-8255 – Logic (ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid)
Silence – Marshmello (ft. Khalid)
6 AUSTIN POSTGo Flex – Post Malone
I Fall Apart – Post Malone
Rockstar – Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage)
Congratulations – Post Malone (ft. Quavo)
7 LIL PUMPGucci Gang – Lil Pump
8 DIEUSON OCTAVEBodak Yellow (Money Moves) – Cardi B
Pills And Automobiles – Chris Brown (ft. Yo Gotti, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie & Kodak Black)
Transportin’ – Kodak Black
Roll In Peace – Kodak Black (ft. XXXTENTACION)
9 SYMERE WOODSSauce It Up – Lil Uzi Vert
The Way Life Goes – Lil Uzi Vert
XO TOUR Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert
10 KENDRICK LAMARHumble – Kendrick Lamar
Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar (ft. Rihanna)

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 (6 October 2017)


RANKSONGWRITERSONG – ARTIST
1ED SHEERANA Different Way – DJ Snake (ft. Lauv)
Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran
Perfect – Ed Sheeran
Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran
Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo)
Your Song – Rita Ora
2YXNG BANEBestie – Yungen (ft. Yxng Bane)
Rihanna – Yxng Bane
3 KHALID ROBINSONYoung Dumb & Broke – Khalid
1-800-273-8255 – Logic (ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid)
Silence – Marshmello (ft. Khalid)
4 MICHAEL DAPAAHMan’s Not Hot – Big Shaq
5 BELCALIS ALMANZARBodak Yellow (Money Moves) – Cardi B
6SHAYAA ABRAHAM-JOSEPHBank Account – 21 Savage
Rockstar – Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage)
7 STEVE MACShape Of You – Ed Sheeran
Strip That Down – Liam Payne (ft. Quavo)
What About Us – Pink
Your Song – Rita Ora
8 FRENCH MONTANAUnforgettable – French Montana (ft. Swae Lee)
Hurtin’ Me – Stefflon Don & French Montana
9JAHSEH ONFROYEverybody Dies In Their Nightmares – XXXTENTACION
Jocelyn Flores – XXXTENTACION
10J HUSSpirit – J Hus

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.


Royalty Exchange logoThe Hot Hitmakers chart is repurposed with kind permission of Royalty Exchange, the online music royalties marketplace.



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