Greg Kurstin: his songwriting with Sia and Adele puts him third in this week’s chart. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Lyndsey Byrnes
Our Hot Hitmakers partnership with Royalty Exchange recognises the top songwriters behind the biggest hits on last week’s Hot 100
There wasn’t an awful lot of movement on the chart this week, with only three debuts and a lot of rank reshuffling. But what stood out was that two of the three newcomers are for classic holiday songs: Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree by Johnny Marks, and All I Want For Christmas Is You by Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey. As the festive season continues and Christmas grows ever closer, we expect additional holiday classics to edge into the chart next week.
| RANK | SONGWRITER | SONG – ARTIST |
| 1 (2) | TYLER JOSEPH | Heathens – Twenty One Pilots Ride – Twenty One Pilots |
| 2 (1) | ABEL TESFAYE | Attention – The Weeknd Die For You – The Weeknd False Alarm – The Weeknd Party Monster – 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) |
| 3 (5) | GREG KURSTIN | Cheap Thrills – Sia (f. Sean Paul) The Greatest – Sia (f. Kendrick Lamar) Water Under The Bridge – Adele |
| 4 (3) | MARTIN MCKINNEY | Die For You – The Weeknd False Alarm – The Weeknd Party Monster – 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) |
| 5 (7) | 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) |
| 6 (10) | TAYLOR SWIFT | Better Man – Little Big Town This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris (f. Rihanna) |
| 7 (8) | SIA FURLER | Cheap Thrills – Sia (f. Sean Paul) The Greatest – Sia (f. Kendrick Lamar) |
| 8 (–) | JOHNNY MARKS | Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee |
| 9 (11) | 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) |
| 10 (16) | LEONARD COHEN | Hallelujah – Pentatonix |
| 11 (19) | 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) |
| 12 (12) | SCOTT HARRIS | Treat You Better – Shawn Mendes Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers (f. Daya) |
| 13 (–) | HILLARY LINDSEY | Dirty Laundry – Carrie Underwood Blue Ain’t Your Color – Keith Urban Million Reasons – Lady Gaga |
| 14 (14) | JAMES MCCALL & JONATHAN LEWIS | Juju On That Beat (TZ Anthem) – Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall |
| 15 (15) | 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 (16) | TEDDY GEIGER & SHAWN MENDES | Mercy – Shawn Mendes Treat You Better – Shawn Mendes |
| 17 (20) | ADAM DANIEL & IRVIN MEJIA | Caroline – Aminé |
| 18 (9) | MAX MARTIN | Ordinary Life – The Weeknd Rockin’ – The Weeknd Can’t Stop The Feeling! – Justin Timberlake Side To Side – Ariana Grande (f. Nicki Minaj) |
| 19 (18) | GARRETT NASH & OLIVIA O’BRIEN | I Hate U I Love U – Gnash (f. Olivia O’Brien) |
| 20 (–) | WALTER AFANSIEFF & MARIAH CAREY | All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey |
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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