The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye). Photo: Kayla Johnson/Wikimedia Commons
Our Hot Hitmakers partnership with Royalty Exchange recognises the top songwriters behind the biggest hits on last week’s Hot 100
The debut of The Weeknd’s new album Starboy simply slayed every chart measuring music last week, including our Hot Hitmakers songwriting chart. With a songwriting credit on 17 tracks across the Billboard Hot 100, The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye), debuted as the No 1 songwriter of the week. Another four non-performing songwriters entered this Hot Hitmakers chart as a result of their contributions to the hit album as well. They include Martin McKinney, Ahmad Balshe, Benjamin Diehl and Henry Russell Walter.
The album also helped propel perennial hitmaker Max Martin back up the chart, from 18 to 9, thanks to his writing credits on four tracks from the album. Overall, three tracks from the album had four different songwriters credited who made this week’s Hot Hitmakers chart: False Alarm, Ordinary Life, and Six Feet Under.
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 (-) | ABEL TESFAYE | A Lonely Night – The Weeknd Attention – The Weeknd Die For You – The Weeknd False Alarm – The Weeknd Love To Lay – The Weeknd Nothing Without You – The Weeknd Ordinary Life – The Weeknd Reminder – The Weeknd Rockin’ – The Weeknd Secrets – The Weeknd Six Feet Under – The Weeknd True Colors – The Weeknd I Feel It Coming – The Weeknd (f. Daft Punk) Starboy – The Weeknd (f. Daft Punk) All I Know – The Weeknd (f. Future) Sidewalks – The Weeknd (f. Kendrick Lamar) Stargirl Interlude – The Weeknd (f. Lana Del Rey) |
| 2 (1) | TYLER JOSEPH | Heathens – Twenty One Pilots Ride – Twenty One Pilots |
| 3 (-) | MARTIN MCKINNEY | Die For You – The Weeknd False Alarm – The Weeknd Ordinary Life – The Weeknd Reminder – The Weeknd Secrets – The Weeknd Six Feet Under – The Weeknd I Feel It Coming – The Weeknd (f. Daft Punk) Starboy – The Weeknd (f. Daft Punk) Sidewalks – The Weeknd (f. Kendrick Lamar) Stargirl Interlude – The Weeknd (f. Lana Del Rey) |
| 4 (-) | LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA | How Far I’ll Go – Alessia Cara & Auli’I Cravalho You’re Welcome – Dwayne Johnson We Know The Way – Opetaia Foa’I & Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| 5 (3) | GREG KURSTIN | Cheap Thrills – Sia (f. Sean Paul) The Greatest – Sia (f. Kendrick Lamar) Water Under The Bridge – Adele |
| 6 (-) | AHMAD BALSHE | A Lonely Night – The Weeknd False Alarm – The Weeknd Love To Lay – The Weeknd Nothing Without You – The Weeknd Ordinary Life – The Weeknd Rockin’ – The Weeknd Six Feet Under – The Weeknd Party Monster – The Weeknd All I Know – The Weeknd (f. Future) |
| 7 (2) | AUBREY GRAHAM | One Dance – Drake (f. WizKid & Kyla) Come And See Me – PARTYNEXTDOOR (f. Drake) Fake Love – Drake Sneakin’ – Drake (f. 21 Savage) Used To This – Future (f. Drake) |
| 8 (5) | SIA FURLER | Cheap Thrills – Sia (f. Sean Paul) The Greatest – Sia (f. Kendrick Lamar) |
| 9 (18) | MAX MARTIN | A Lonely Night – The Weeknd Love To Lay – The Weeknd Ordinary Life – The Weeknd Rockin’ – The Weeknd Can’t Stop The Feeling! – Justin Timberlake Side To Side – Ariana Grande (f. Nicki Minaj) |
| 10 (4) | TAYLOR SWIFT | Better Man – Little Big Town This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris (f. Rihanna) |
| 11 (6) | NAYVADIUS WILBURN | X – 21 Savage & Metro Boomin (f. Future) Too Much Sauce – DJ ESCO (f. Future & Lil Uzi Vert) Do You Mind – DJ Khaled (f. Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown & August Alsina) Used To This – Future (f. Drake) |
| 12 (9) | SCOTT HARRIS | Treat You Better – Shawn Mendes Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers (f. Daya) |
| 13 (-) | BENJAMIN DIEHL | False Alarm – The Weeknd Nothing Without You – The Weeknd Six Feet Under – The Weeknd Party Monster – The Weeknd All I Know – The Weeknd (f. Future) |
| 14 (11) | JAMES MCCALL & JONATHAN LEWIS | Juju On That Beat (TZ Anthem) – Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall |
| 15 (8) | ANDREW TAGGART | Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers (f. Daya) Closer – The Chainsmokers (f. Halsey) All We Know – The Chainsmokers (f. Phoebe Ryan) |
| 16 (-) | LEONARD COHEN | Hallelujah – Pentatonix |
| 17 (-) | HENRY RUSSELL WALTER | False Alarm – The Weeknd Nothing Without You – The Weeknd Ordinary Life – The Weeknd Reminder – The Weeknd Secrets – The Weeknd Six Feet Under – The Weeknd |
| 18 (17) | GARRETT NASH & OLIVIA O’BRIEN | I Hate U I Love U – Gnash (f. Olivia O’Brien) |
| 19 (14) | LELAND WAYNE | No Heart – 21 Savage & Metro Boomin X – 21 Savage & Metro Boomin (f. Future) Bounce Back – Big Sean Bad And Boujee – Migos (f. Lil Uzi Vert) |
| 20 (15) | ADAM DANIEL & IRVIN MEJIA | Caroline – (Aminé) |
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.
 | The Hot Hitmakers chart is repurposed with kind permission of Royalty Exchange, the online music royalties marketplace – royaltyexchange.com |
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