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I've been double-checking songwriters points a few ranks ahead of reveals, but this one turned out to have extra co-writers (often due to samples) on several of his songs. I initially had him ahead of Sam Cooke but after double checking he fell back to #51.

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4 hours ago, Ash12345 said:

Avril Lavigne

Points: 8853

 

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Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

288m - Complicated (Avril Lavigne)

183m - Sk8er Boi (Avril Lavigne)

126m - Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne)

119m - Head Above Water (Avril Lavigne)

115m - What The Hell (Avril Lavigne)

 

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her power, it amazes me sometimes! @greeneyedsoul @ProudLBS

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1 minute ago, AvrilLaQueen said:

her power, it amazes me sometimes! @greeneyedsoul @ProudLBS

 

a songwriter :clap3: poor dancing crazy tho

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51. Jermaine Dupri

Points: 25,428

 

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Songwriter and producer Jermaine Dupri was a major force in R&B and hip hop in the 90s to mid 00s, helping break many of the era's popular artists and working on many of its biggest cross-over smash hits. He started getting into hip-hop in the 1980s and joined a dance group when he was twelve. The son of a Columbia executive, he started making music as a songwriter and producer for female hip hop group Silk Tymes Leather, who had a minor R&B hit with "New Jack Thang" in 1990. However, his first real success came when he discovered Kris Kross at a local mall, and produced their debut album, which had several hits in 1992-1993, including #1 hit "Jump". He then founded his own label and launched several more (mostly female) hip-hop and R&B acts, such as Xscape and Da Brat. That lead to him working with Mariah Carey, who was looking to go in a more R&B/hip-hop direction with "Daydream" and they wrote the 1995 smash hit "Always Be My Baby".

 

After co-writing "Not Tonight", the biggest hit from Lil' Kim's debut album, Jermaine Dupri helped turn Usher into a superstar by writing and producing on most of his sophomore album, "My Way", including its three smash singles. That same year, he also worked on Jagged Edge's debut album, after Kandi Burruss of Xscape brought the group to his attention. In 1998, he discovered songwriter Bryan-Michael Cox, and teamed up with him to write and produce Lil' Bow Wow's first two albums. His last major success came in the mid 00s when he worked on several hits from two of the biggest R&B albums of all time, Mariah Carey's "Emancipation of Mimi", and Usher's "Confessions".

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

246m - My Boo (Usher & Alicia Keys)

216m - We Belong Together (Mariah Carey)

152m - Always Be My Baby (Mariah Carey)

126m - U Got It Bad (Usher)

120m - You Make Me Wanna... (Usher)

 

 

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8 minutes ago, ProudLBS said:

 

a songwriter :clap3: poor dancing crazy tho

Dancing Crazy deserved better.

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Honorable Mention - Tyler Joseph

Points: 12,530

 

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Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

1139m - Stressed Out (Twenty One Pilots)

976m - Heathens (Twenty One Pilots)

917m - Ride (Twenty One Pilots)

267m - Tear In My Heart (Twenty One Pilots)

155m - Fairly Local (Twenty One Pilots)

 

 

Table of Points

 

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34 minutes ago, Ash12345 said:

Honorable Mention - Tyler Joseph

Points: 12,530

 

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Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

1139m - Stressed Out (Twenty One Pilots)

976m - Heathens (Twenty One Pilots)

917m - Ride (Twenty One Pilots)

267m - Tear In My Heart (Twenty One Pilots)

155m - Fairly Local (Twenty One Pilots)

 

 

Table of Points

 

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oh wow :clap3:

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2 hours ago, Ash12345 said:

Honorable Mention - Tyler Joseph

Points: 12,530

 

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Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

1139m - Stressed Out (Twenty One Pilots)

976m - Heathens (Twenty One Pilots)

917m - Ride (Twenty One Pilots)

267m - Tear In My Heart (Twenty One Pilots)

155m - Fairly Local (Twenty One Pilots)

 

 

Table of Points

 

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My talented king! :heart2: Too bad Trench didn't get a huge hit :!ohno:

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Why is this thread taking so long to finish when the entire list is literally on Pulse?

 

Is it gonna be drawn out for 100 pages? :toofunny2:

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45. Richard Marx

Points: 26,662

 

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Richard Marx's start in music was singing commercial jingles for his father's company when he was a boy. He was then discovered by Lionel Richie who encouraged him to move to LA where he sang backing vocals for other artists. While singing for Kenny Rogers in 1984, Richard Marx gave him a couple demos and those became his first songwriter hits - "Crazy" and "What About Me?". That lead to writing with David Foster, and then getting a record deal and releasing his self-titled debut album in 1987. The album had a #1, #2 and two #3 hits, and he had several more hits with follow up projects until the mid 90s. He wrote songs for other artists, throughout his career, including his last few major hits, which were with artists like NSYNC, Keith Urban and Luther Vandross in the 00s and 10s.

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

139m - Right Here Waiting (Richard Marx)

102m - This I Promise You (NSYNC)

35m - Long Hot Summer (Keith Urban)

30m - Dance With My Father (Luther Vandross)

29m - Now And Forever (Richard Marx)

 

 

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48 minutes ago, GoodGuyGoneGhetto said:

Why is this thread taking so long to finish when the entire list is literally on Pulse?

 

Is it gonna be drawn out for 100 pages? :toofunny2:

That list is old and outdated because the source I was using was mostly Spotify/Wikipedia and the credits on ASCAP/BMI are often a bit different, so I still need to update the top 30.

 

You can submit bios for the songwriters though, that would help speed things up. I'm usually aiming for 1-2 quick paragraphs per songwriter.

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1 minute ago, Ash12345 said:

That list is old and outdated because the source I was using was mostly Spotify/Wikipedia and the credits on ASCAP/BMI are often a bit different, so I still need to update the top 30.

I know her amount of points is very slim but I’d like to see Britney’s chart ?

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Fergie Duhamel

Points: 8682

 

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Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

387m - I Gotta Feeling (The Black Eyed Peas)

218m - Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie)

187m - Pump It (The Black Eyed Peas)

174m - Fergalicious (Fergie)

152m - Boom Boom Pow (The Black Eyed Peas)

 

Table of Points

 

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Britney Spears

Points: 930

 

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Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

165m - Work Bitch (Britney Spears)

106m - Make Me... (Britney Spears feat. G-Eazy)

65m - Everytime (Britney Spears)

30m - Me Against The Music (Britney Spears feat. Madonna)

27m - Perfume (Britney Spears)

 

Table of Points

 

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@Alexz

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Thank you for taking your time and making this ♥ I am patiently waiting your official list :)

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2 minutes ago, Ash12345 said:

Britney Spears

Points: 930

 

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Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

165m - Work Bitch (Britney Spears)

106m - Make Me... (Britney Spears feat. G-Eazy)

65m - Everytime (Britney Spears)

30m - Me Against The Music (Britney Spears feat. Madonna)

27m - Perfume (Britney Spears)

 

Table of Points

 

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@Alexz

Thank you :alexz:

 

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#44 is one of the most sampled songwriters of all time, although with a lot of the samples of his music he wasn't credited as a songwriter.

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44. James Brown

Points: 26,827

 

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Nicknamed the God-father of Soul, and Hardest Working Man In Show Business, James Brown was a key figure in popularizing soul music among the mainstream in the late 50s to mid 60s. Growing up in poverty during the Great Depression, he learned to sing, play piano, guitar and harmonica. During WWII, he danced for spare change for soldiers stationed at the local army base. While in juvenile detention for robbery, James Brown met Bobby Byrd and after being released, he eventually began performing as a member of his R&B group "The Famous Flames", where he alternated between singing and playing various instruments. James Brown soon took over the management of the group, and began getting more involved in production, and got his first hit with "Try Me" in 1958 under "James Brown and The Famous Flames".

 

As the 60s progressed, he became famous for his energetic performances and toured relentlessly, while still finding time to make music. During this time, he also began developing his own unique groove, which was eventually described as funk music. He also began singing with a greater emphasis on rhythm than melody, an approach that would late influence hip hop and rap music and he also emphasized rhythm with his guitar work. With the rise of hip-hop music, James Brown became the most sampled artist of all time, often without getting formally credited on the songs. James Brown's performance style and music influenced many successful acts such as Sly & The Family Stone, Michael Jackson, Prince and M.C. Hammer.

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

140m - No Church In The Wild (Jay-Z, Kanye West)

129m - I Got You, I Feel Good (James Brown & The Famous Flames)

90m - Barbie Dreams (Nicki Minaj)

74m - Get Right (Jennifer Lopez)

72m - Otis (Jay-Z, Kanye West)

 

 

Table of Points

 

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A legend :clap3:

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21 hours ago, Ash12345 said:

Britney Spears

Points: 930

 

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Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

165m - Work Bitch (Britney Spears)

106m - Make Me... (Britney Spears feat. G-Eazy)

65m - Everytime (Britney Spears)

30m - Me Against The Music (Britney Spears feat. Madonna)

27m - Perfume (Britney Spears)

 

Table of Points

 

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@Alexz

 

Not even a thousand :deadbanana4:

Posted

Damn, James Brown. He really did that. 

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Alicia Keys' "Fallin" samples "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" pretty noticeably btw, but James Brown doesn't get songwriting credits on it. Not sure how come so many of his samples didn't lead to him getting a songwriting credit. 

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Brit :rip:

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Honorable Mention - Giorgio Moroder

Points: 12,391

 

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Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

205m - Take My Breath Away (Berlin)

158m - Danger Zone (Kenny Loggins)

140m - Flashdance... What A Feeling (Irene Cara)

125m - Call Me (Blondie)

65m - Naughty Girl (Beyonce)

 

Table of Points

 

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Posted
22 hours ago, Ash12345 said:

Britney Spears

Points: 930

 

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Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

165m - Work Bitch (Britney Spears)

106m - Make Me... (Britney Spears feat. G-Eazy)

65m - Everytime (Britney Spears)

30m - Me Against The Music (Britney Spears feat. Madonna)

27m - Perfume (Britney Spears)

 

Table of Points

 

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@Alexz

Love Brit, but I can't at the years Beyoncé got **** for her songwriting when she is actually one of the few women who made this list. 

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