charts discussion All Time Hot 100 Songwriters

[Ash12345]

Annie Lennox

Points: 9264

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

493m - Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics)

63m - Walking On Broken Glass (Annie Lennox)

44m - Here Comes The Rain Again (Eurythmics)

34m - Why (Annie Lennox)

29m - There Must Be An Angel (Eurythmics)

 

 

Table of Points

 

[Ash12345]

On 1/11/2020 at 4:03 AM, 1989 said:

I just realized that my top 2 faves have yet to make an appearance, which means they both made the Top 50. I stan female excellence. 

Who's your second fave?

[1989]

34 minutes ago, Ash12345 said:

Who's your second fave?

 
Second fave is Madonna! 

[Fitzswiftie]

5 hours ago, Ash12345 said:

44. James Brown

Points: 26,827

 

 

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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Legendary 

[JawBreaker]

So if Taylor, Madonna, Carole, and Diane are the only females left for top 50

I think Taylor must be the 2nd biggest female songwriter of all time 

She did that before turning 30 

 

OT: Those Britney points 

 

[Ash12345]

43. Madonna Ciccone

Points: 27,255

 

 

Although her father enrolled her in piano lessons, Madonna's main interest as a teenage was dancing, and she got a dance scholarship from the University of Michigan, before dropping out and moving to New York where she lived as a struggling artist for a few years. First she performed as a dancer in theater groups, then on disco artist Patrick Hernandez's concert tour, for which she was also a back-up singer. Then she formed a couple bands with boyfriends of hers, first the Breakfast Club, then Emmy, before getting a record deal as a solo artist in 1982, and she got to work making disco songs. At first, her success was limited to the dance charts, but the later singles from her self-titled debut album such as "Lucky Star" and "Borderline" also had significant success on the Hot 100.

 

In addition to the tremendous success of her follow up 80s albums and their singles, "Like A Virgin", "True Blue" and "Like A Prayer", which earned her the title Queen of Pop, Madonna also became a fashion icon, and helped make conservative social norms a thing of the past by challenging them in her music videos and live performances. Following backlash to her increasingly sexually provocative image and behaviour in the early 90s, she release "Bedtime Stories" in 1994, and after previous struggles with her acting career, she received critical acclaim for her role in the 1996 musical "Evita". In 1998, she released one of her most acclaimed albums, "Ray of Light", the result of collaboration with electronica producer William Orbit. She continued to have success in the 20th century, with albums such as "Music" and "Confessions on a Dance Floor", record breaking stadium tour, and the 2012 Superbowl Half Time Show.

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

168m - Like A Prayer (Madonna)

144m - Material Girl (Madonna)

128m - 4 Minutes (Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)

124m - Like A Virgin (Madonna)

103m - Vogue (Madonna)

 

Table of Points

 

 

@Green @Revenge @Witch Privilege @trainsskyscrapers @Insanity @Fitzswiftie  @Juanny @JawBreaker @alfonso12 @Weed @Nip Tuck @Cherry123 @eli's_rhythm @1DES @princedonte @Alpha Male @Timber @jordanjm @SoulKiwi@Ohno @Mezik@DougAF @Chainsmoker@suburbannature @Erotic@mcohen@ChatshireCat@cuneytb @Arxane @1989 @Mr. Duff @ECNEICSNOC @BtDecember @pavi @Kylie Jenner @deGonzz @Jorq @Dibbles @Alexz

Edited January 18, 2020 by Ash12345

[Cherry123]

LEGEND. QUEEN OF POP

[Medonerpls]

My fave did that

[JawBreaker]

EMPRESS OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY 

[Alexz]

52 minutes ago, Ash12345 said:

43. Madonna Ciccone

Points: 27,255

 

 

Although her father enrolled her in piano lessons, Madonna's main interest as a teenage was dancing, and she got a dance scholarship from the University of Michigan, before dropping out and moving to New York where she lived as a struggling artist for a few years. First she performed as a dancer in theater groups, then on disco artist Patrick Hernandez's concert tour, for which she was also a back-up singer. Then she formed a couple bands with boyfriends of hers, first the Breakfast Club, then Emmy, before getting a record deal as a solo artist in 1982, and she got to work making disco songs. At first, her success was limited to the dance charts, but the later singles from her self-titled debut album such as "Lucky Star" and "Borderline" also had significant success on the Hot 100.

 

In addition to the tremendous success of her follow up 80s albums and their singles, "Like A Virgin", "True Blue" and "Like A Prayer", which earned her the title Queen of Pop, Madonna also became a fashion icon, and helped make conservative social norms a thing of the past by challenging them in her music videos and live performances. Following backlash to her increasingly sexually provocative image and behaviour in the early 90s, she release "Bedtime Stories" in 1994, and after previous struggles with her acting career, she received critical acclaim for her role in the 1996 musical "Evita". In 1998, she released one of her most acclaimed albums, "Ray of Light", the result of collaboration with electronica producer William Orbit. She continued to have success in the 20th century, with albums such as "Music" and "Confessions on a Dance Floor", record breaking stadium tour, and the 2012 Superbowl Half Time Show.

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

168m - Like A Prayer (Madonna)

144m - Material Girl (Madonna)

128m - 4 Minutes (Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)

124m - Like A Virgin (Madonna)

103m - Vogue (Madonna)

 

Table of Points

 

 

@Green @Revenge @Witch Privilege @trainsskyscrapers @Insanity @Fitzswiftie  @Juanny @JawBreaker @alfonso12 @Weed @Nip Tuck @Cherry123 @eli's_rhythm @1DES @princedonte @Alpha Male @Timber @jordanjm @SoulKiwi@Ohno @Mezik@DougAF @Chainsmoker@suburbannature @Erotic@mcohen@ChatshireCat@cuneytb @Arxane @1989 @Mr. Duff @ECNEICSNOC @BtDecember @pavi @Kylie Jenner @deGonzz @Jorq @Dibbles @Alexz

Lucky Star 100%

[eli's_rhythm]

Madge

[1989]

The Queen 

All those 100% and 50% 

The way those songs impacted pop music 

[Letemtalk]

Madonna with all those songs and large shares in most of them. 

[Ash12345]

Honorable Mention - Don Henley

Points: 11,912

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

599m - Hotel California (Eagles)

231m - The Boys of Summer (Don Henley)

118m - Life In The Fast Lane (Eagles)

89m - One Of These Nights (Eagles)

52m - Lyin' Eyes (Eagles)

 

Table of Points

 

[Ash12345]

42. Johan Schuster (Shellback)

Points: 27,545

 

 

Swedish producer and songwriter Johan Schuster (Shellback) started playing music as a drummer in local bands, and later also performed as a vocalist in the hardcore metal scene, including for the melodic death metal band "Death Colony" and sent many demos to Max Martin through a mutual friend. However, Max Martin was more interested in seeing how Shellback could contribute to make pop songs with him and signed him to his production company in 2007. His first hit was on his collaboration with P!nk and Max Martin for "So What" which went #1 in 2008. At that point, Dr. Luke was Max Martin's most popular collaborator, but Shellback began to rival Dr. Luke in the early 10s thanks to the success of his collaborations with Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift. It was also with Maroon 5 that he had his first major hit without Max Martin, 2011's #1 hit "Moves Like Jagger", and he worked on many more songs without Max Martin since then, such as "Run Away With Me", "Payphone", "Animals", "Want U Back" and "Still Falling For You". Most recently, he began working with Ed Sheeran, with four songs on 2019's "No. 6 Collaborations" album.

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

1033m - Can't Stop The Feeling (Justin Timberlake)

866m - I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran feat. Justin Bieber)

601m - Beautiful People (Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid)

585m - Send My Love (Adele)

557m - Animals (Maroon 5)

 

Table of Points

 

(songs in bold are still charting)

 

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Edited January 22, 2020 by Ash12345

[trainsskyscrapers]

23 minutes ago, Ash12345 said:

42. Johan Schuster (Shellback)

Points: 27,545

 

 

Swedish producer and songwriter Johan Schuster (Shellback) started playing music as a drummer in local bands, and later also performed as a vocalist in the hardcore metal scene, including for the melodic death metal band "Death Colony" and sent many demos to Max Martin through a mutual friend. However, Max Martin was more interested in seeing how Shellback could contribute to make pop songs with him and signed him to his production company in 2007. His first hit was on his collaboration with P!nk and Max Martin for "So What" which went #1 in 2008. At that point, Dr. Luke was Max Martin's most popular collaborator, but Shellback began to rival Dr. Luke in the early 10s thanks to the success of his collaborations with Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift. It was also with Maroon 5 that he had his first major hit without Max Martin, 2011's #1 hit "Moves Like Jagger", and he worked on many more songs without Max Martin since then, such as "Run Away With Me", "Payphone", "Animals", "Want U Back" and "Still Falling For You". Most recently, he began working with Ed Sheeran, with four songs on 2019's "No. 6 Collaborations" album.

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

1033m - Can't Stop The Feeling (Justin Timberlake)

866m - I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran feat. Justin Bieber)

601m - Beautiful People (Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid)

585m - Send My Love (Adele)

557m - Animals (Maroon 5)

 

Table of Points

 

(songs in bold are still charting)

 

@Green @Revenge @Witch Privilege @trainsskyscrapers @Insanity @Fitzswiftie  @Juanny @JawBreaker @alfonso12 @Weed @Nip Tuck @Cherry123 @eli's_rhythm @1DES @princedonte @Alpha Male @Timber @jordanjm @SoulKiwi@Ohno @Mezik@DougAF @Chainsmoker@suburbannature @Erotic@mcohen@ChatshireCat@cuneytb @Arxane @1989 @Mr. Duff @ECNEICSNOC @BtDecember @pavi @Kylie Jenner @deGonzz @Jorq @Dibbles @Alexz

 

I find it so interesting that Shellback has only worked with Katy once and never worked with Ari or Kelly Clarkson. 

 

It just makes me see how much bigger Max will be on this chart because most of Britney/Katy, and all of NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, and The Weeknd are absent here.

 

(I'm guessing the rest of the big players in the MXM production camp will be coming shortly - Luke, Ilya, Savan, Benny Blanco)

[mcohen]

Shake It Off being Shellback biggest hit 

 

Ahhh that's history! 

 

[Ash12345]

From behind the scenes videos and interviews, some things that Shellback contributed to Taylor's songs:

 

-the "broken computer" sounds on "I Did Something Bad"

-the drum beat on "Shake It Off"

-the pre-chorus melody on "King of My Heart"

[JawBreaker]

THe Ed sheeran spotify payola 

 

OT: Shellback 

[Ash12345]

10 minutes ago, trainsskyscrapers said:

 

I find it so interesting that Shellback has only worked with Katy once and never worked with Ari or Kelly Clarkson. 

 

It just makes me see how much bigger Max will be on this chart because most of Britney/Katy, and all of NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, and The Weeknd are absent here.

 

(I'm guessing the rest of the big players in the MXM production camp will be coming shortly - Luke, Ilya, Savan, Benny Blanco)

Yeah, looks like a lot of artists and era's in Max Martin's career worked with specific co-producers from his camp.

 

Dr Luke - Kesha, Katy

Shellback - Maroon 5, Taylor Swift

Savan Kotecha - Ariana, The Weeknd

Ilya - Ariana

 

Savan and Benny have already been revealed though, check the original post.

[Ash12345]

16 minutes ago, trainsskyscrapers said:

 

I find it so interesting that Shellback has only worked with Katy once and never worked with Ari or Kelly Clarkson. 

 

It just makes me see how much bigger Max will be on this chart because most of Britney/Katy, and all of NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, and The Weeknd are absent here.

 

(I'm guessing the rest of the big players in the MXM production camp will be coming shortly - Luke, Ilya, Savan, Benny Blanco)

By the way, Kelly only has 3 Max Martin songs, and Behind These Hazel Eyes and Since U Been Gone were before Shellback met Max, so it was only My Life Would Suck Without You that he could've potentially worked on (which went to Luke for whatever reason).

[trainsskyscrapers]

54 minutes ago, Ash12345 said:

Savan and Benny have already been revealed though, check the original post.

 

 Oh yeah. That's right. 

[Michael196]

1 hour ago, Ash12345 said:

From behind the scenes videos and interviews, some things that Shellback contributed to Taylor's songs:

 

-the pre-chorus melody on "King of My Heart"

A LEGEND (the Iconicness that line holds) 

[BnPac]

Nice thread, nice work. It's sad I didn't follow this thread from the get go.

I wonder where Paul McCartney will land? I was surprised to see Bob Dylan so low. Idk if Joni Mitchell made it ?

I didn't follow the thread since the beginning, a pity, now reading the whole thing seems a lot.

Will Prince make it ? If he makes it, can you please tag me ? Thanks.

Btw how come Fallin' is a perfect 100% when it heavily samples J. Brown ? I'm also very surprised that Like You'll Never See Me Again is 50% with such a strong Prince's sample. 

Very nice thread, so happy to see so many women making it. Funny how some men have a lot of 10%, sometimes on songs 1% or 0% and no one bat an eye but it's a problem for women.

[idkwiam]

@Ash12345 is Taylor the only female left?