US Songwriting Chart – 4 February 2017

Sam Hollander: songwriter of Fitz And The Tantrums’ HandClap. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Rohankohli86

Our Hot Hitmakers partnership with Royalty Exchange recognises the top songwriters behind the biggest hits on this week’s Hot 100

Having published the US Songwriting Chart for a few months now, we’re starting to see some trends emerge around how songwriters make and stay on the list. For starters, being credited as the sole songwriter behind a track is an almost surefire path to consistency. Tyler Joseph (from twenty one pilots) and Sam Hollander (writer of HandClap) are two examples. It’s increasingly rare to see a single songwriting credit anymore, and claiming such earns the songwriter the full total of points assigned to each song on the Billboard Hot 100. So that’s a major achievement.

But if exclusivity isn’t possible, then variety can make up for it. Songwriters with credit across multiple songs or artists, such as Greg Kurstin and Ashley Gorley, also find themselves a regular spot on the chart. Top songwriters are in high demand, and as such often work with a wide artists across genre. Take a look…

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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