charts discussion All Time Hot 100 Songwriters

[JawBreaker]

the way my music knowledge has expanded just because of this thread whew thanks again Ash 

[Ash12345]

Tonight's reveal is a tie btw.

[Ash12345]

17. Terry Lewis and James "Jimmy Jam" Harris III 

Points: 36,950 (each)

 

 

Songwriters and producers Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam met while they were in an educational program for underprivileged students at the University of Minnesota. They joined a funk/R&B band called Flyte Tyme, and in 1981, the members were recruited by Prince, along with other musicians, to form a new band, "The Time". They had a few hits in the 1980s, with Prince writing most of the band's songs, Jimmy Jam playing keyboard and Terry Lewis playing bass. They continued to purse their interests in making funk and R&B music as they became mentored by Leon Sylvers III and began producing music for acts signed to Clarence Avant such as The S.O.S. Band, Alexander O'Neal and Cherrelle. Their first hit was S.O.S. Band's "Just Be Good To Me" (#55 in 1983). In 1986, they worked with Janet Jackson to write and produce her break-through album "Control", and later worked on most of the rest of her discography, except for 2008's "Discipline".

 

Coinciding with Janet's career peak in the late 80s and 90s, they also worked with many other successful artists including Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Karyn White, Herb Alpert, Boyz II Men and New Edition, and were noted as early adopters of 808 drum machines. They co-wrote a total of fourteen #1 hits, nine of which were with Janet Jackson, and also co-produced (but did not write) Usher's #1 "U Remind Me" and George Michael's #1 "Monkey". During the later stages of their career, they worked on four album tracks from Usher's "Confessions" as well as Gwen Stefani's "Harajuku Girls". Hits that sampled their music include Trina's "Here We Go" (sampling "Tender Love"), Plies' "Bust It Baby Pt 2 ("Come Back To Me"), Iyaz's "Solo" ("Again"), Big Sean's "Last" ("Can You Stand The Rain") and Kendrick Lamar's "Poetic Justice" ("Any Time, Any Place"). Their last hits with original songs were "Call On Me" and "So Excited" on Janet Jackson's "20 Y.O.", released in 2006.

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

224m - Poetic Justice (Kendrick Lamar feat. Drake)

60m - That's The Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson)

54m - Together Again (Janet Jackson)

40m - On Bended Knee (Boyz II Men)

39m - Solo (Iyaz)

36m - My Last (Big Sean feat. Chris Brown)

36m - Scream (Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson)

34m - Can You Stand The Rain (New Edition)

33m - All For You (Janet Jackson)

23m - Bust It Baby, Pt. 2 (Plies feat. Ne-Yo)

 

*they also co-wrote Janet's "Got Til It's Gone" with 38m streams but it didn't chart

 

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 February 25, 2020 by Ash12345

[Jorq]

That means next one is number 16th?

 

Taylor top 15 omg

[Weed]

15 hours ago, Ash12345 said:

*they also co-wrote Janet's "Got Til It's Gone" with 38m streams but it didn't chart

The injustice.

 

 

@Ash12345 do they have any charting hits as Prince collaborators/members of The Time?

[Ash12345]

1 hour ago, Weed said:

The injustice.

 

 

@Ash12345 do they have any charting hits as Prince collaborators/members of The Time?

Actually they do have credits on Jerk Out, but not on The Time's four other charting hits.

[Ash12345]

Toby Gad

Points: 7394

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

1140m - All Of Me (John Legend)

287m - If I Were A Boy (Beyonce)

226m - Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie feat. Ron Fair)

138m - Skyscraper (Demi Lovato)

73m - Untouched (The Veronicas)

 

 

Table of Points

 

[skyandground]

7 hours ago, Ash12345 said:

Toby Gad

Points: 7394

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

1140m - All Of Me (John Legend)

287m - If I Were A Boy (Beyonce)

226m - Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie feat. Ron Fair)

138m - Skyscraper (Demi Lovato)

73m - Untouched (The Veronicas)

 

 

Table of Points

 

He wrote If I Were A Boy?  

He's good-looking too

[Ash12345]

16. Curtis Mayfield

Points: 37,896

 

 

Songwriter and producer Curtis Mayfield got his start in music singing in his church's gospel choir, and learning to play guitar and piano. When he was in high school, he joined The Impressions and when Jerry Butler left the group, Curtis Mayfield replaced him as their lead singer. His first songwriter hits were in the early 60s, with The Impressions, and with songs he co-wrote for Jerry Butler's solo career. Having grown up in Chicago's housing projects, he was familiar with the various struggles faced by African Americans. The civil rights and black pride movements gained full steam when he was in his early to mid 20s, and many of his songs were anthems for the movements, such as "Keep On Pushing" and "People Get Ready" and "We're A Winner". Despite the positive message those songs had, several radio stations responded by banning his music. "People Get Ready" had particularly strong staying power, as Bob Marley included it in his medley of the song with "One Love" on his most popular album, "Exodus", the instrumental was also sampled on Macklemore's "Same Love" and its influence can be heard on John Mayer's "Waiting On The World To Change".

 

In addition to his work with The Impressions, he also made music for other artists, especially those on OKeh Records, and those on Curtom Records, which he founded in 1968. He began a solo career with his debut album, "Curtis" in 1970, which saw him take on a more funk and psychedelic influenced sound compared to the pop-soul productions he had with The Impressions. That continued with "Super Fly", the soundtrack to the movie of the same name, whose message was a cautionary tale to any black youths drawn to the life of drugs and crime that was often glorified in youth culture. The soundtrack was very successful and lead to Mayfield working on the soundtracks for several more movies in the mid 70s. He released another socially conscious album, "Back To The World" in 1973, which tackled topics such as American involvement in foreign wars and economic inequality. His commercial success slowed down in the 1980s, but his songs continued to be sampled on popular songs, such as fellow Chicagoan Kanye West's prominent sample of "Move On Up" in "Touch The Sky", J. Cole's sample of "Think" on "Nobody's Perfect" and T.I.'s sample of "Gone Away" on "What You Know".

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

116m - Touch The Sky (Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco)

68m - Nobody's Perfect (J. Cole feat. Lupe Fiasco)

49m - What You Know (T.I.)

33m - Superfly (Curtis Mayfield)

29m - People Get Ready (The Impressions)

 

*Move On Up didn't chart but it has 84m streams. Pusherman also didn't chart and has 32m streams.

 

 

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

[Mezik]

Can Taylor possibly be too 5?  

[Fitzswiftie]

On 2/25/2020 at 7:59 PM, Ash12345 said:

Toby Gad

Points: 7394

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

1140m - All Of Me (John Legend)

287m - If I Were A Boy (Beyonce)

226m - Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie feat. Ron Fair)

138m - Skyscraper (Demi Lovato)

73m - Untouched (The Veronicas)

 

 

Table of Points

 

Here’s to Us is a such underrated jam

[Fitzswiftie]

1 hour ago, Ash12345 said:

16. Curtis Mayfield

Points: 37,896

 

 

Songwriter and producer Curtis Mayfield got his start in music singing in his church's gospel choir, and learning to play guitar and piano. When he was in high school, he joined The Impressions and when Jerry Butler left the group, Curtis Mayfield replaced him as their lead singer. His first songwriter hits were in the early 60s, with The Impressions, and with songs he co-wrote for Jerry Butler's solo career. Having grown up in Chicago's housing projects, he was familiar with the various struggles faced by African Americans. The civil rights and black pride movements gained full steam when he was in his early to mid 20s, and many of his songs were anthems for the movements, such as "Keep On Pushing" and "People Get Ready" and "We're A Winner". Despite the positive message those songs had, several radio stations responded by banning his music. "People Get Ready" had particularly strong staying power, as Bob Marley included it in his medley of the song with "One Love" on his most popular album, "Exodus", the instrumental was also sampled on Macklemore's "Same Love" and its influence can be heard on John Mayer's "Waiting On The World To Change".

 

In addition to his work with The Impressions, he also made music for other artists, especially those on OKeh Records, and those on Curtom Records, which he founded in 1968. He began a solo career with his debut album, "Curtis" in 1970, which saw him take on a more funk and psychedelic influenced sound compared to the pop-soul productions he had with The Impressions. That continued with "Super Fly", the soundtrack to the movie of the same name, whose message was a cautionary tale to any black youths drawn to the life of drugs and crime that was often glorified in youth culture. The soundtrack was very successful and lead to Mayfield working on the soundtracks for several more movies in the mid 70s. He released another socially conscious album, "Back To The World" in 1973, which tackled topics such as American involvement in foreign wars and economic inequality. His commercial success slowed down in the 1980s, but his songs continued to be sampled on popular songs, such as fellow Chicagoan Kanye West's prominent sample of "Move On Up" in "Touch The Sky", J. Cole's sample of "Think" on "Nobody's Perfect" and T.I.'s sample of "Gone Away" on "What You Know".

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

116m - Touch The Sky (Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco)

68m - Nobody's Perfect (J. Cole feat. Lupe Fiasco)

49m - What You Know (T.I.)

33m - Superfly (Curtis Mayfield)

29m - People Get Ready (The Impressions)

 

*Move On Up didn't chart but it has 84m streams. Pusherman also didn't chart and has 32m streams.

 

 

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

Legendary 

[Fitzswiftie]

On 2/25/2020 at 2:46 AM, Ash12345 said:

39m - Solo (Iyaz)

God the sample on this

[Ash12345]

4 minutes ago, Fitzswiftie said:

Here’s to Us is a such underrated jam

Kinda wack that Glee's cover charted and Halestorm's original didn't though.

[Fitzswiftie]

2 minutes ago, Ash12345 said:

Kinda wack that Glee's cover charted and Halestorm's original didn't though.

Yeah, even though Halestorm aren’t that the type of band that would ever chart on the Hot 100 in the 2010s.
 

You’d think the Glee exposure would at the least help the song gain some traction.
 

But neither were fun. yet they’ve gone on record and said that We Are Young (one of the biggest songs of all time) wouldn’t be what it was the Glee cover. 

[Ash12345]

15. Barry Gibb

Points: 37,960

 

 

The oldest of the Gibb brothers, Barry Gibb enjoyed great success with the Bee Gees during the late 60s to mid 80s. He began fighting for control of the group with his brother Robin soon after their breakthrough, causing Robin to leave the group for 1-2 years and Barry to write their 1970 album "Cucumber Castle" with only his brother Maurice. In the late 70s to 80s, he also wrote songs for his youngest brother, Andy, who was not a member of the Bee Gees and had his own solo career. Other songs he wrote independently from his Bee Gee brothers include the title track of the soundtrack to the movie "Grease", by Frankie Valli, and producing and writing for Barbra Streisand's 1980 album, "Guilty". He also co-wrote Dionne Warwick's "Take The Short Way Home", and Kenny Rogers' "This Woman". He also had a modest solo career, releasing stand alone singles starting in 1970, his first full album, "Now Voyager" in 1984, and released a second solo album, "In The Now", in 2016.

 

His greatest success however, was definitely still as a member of the Bee Gees, who were one of the most popular groups of the late 60s, and then had the most popular songs on one of the top selling albums of all time with the disco soundtrack for 1979's "Saturday Night Fever", which prominently featured Barry Gibb's falsetto vocals.

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

370m - Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees)

202m - How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees)

125m - Night Fever (Bee Gees)

108m - More Than A Woman (Bee Gees)*

108m - Islands In The Stream (Dolly Parton)

 

*The Bee Gees version didn't chart, only the one by Tavares, but the Bee Gees version has much higher streams

 

 

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

[Chainsmoker]

Legend

[Alexz]

What song does Emotion sample?

[Fitzswiftie]

14 minutes ago, Alexz said:

What song does Emotion sample?

None, it’s a cover.

[TayDine1989]

Taylor. Top 15 

[Jorq]

omg  and people still come for Taylor or doubt about her!

[Toxicity.]

Taylor Alison Swift top 15

[Ash12345]

14. Billy Joel

Points: 38,664

 

 

Billy Joel first began playing piano at the insistence of his mother, but eventually he came to like it. Influenced by both pop and rock n roll, he decided he wanted to have a career in music after seeing The Beatles perform on TV and joined a band called The Echoes in 1965. He then joined The Hassles, and later formed a duo called Attila with their drummer. He then began a solo career in 1970, but his first album was poorly mastered and failed to make a mark. In 1972 he signed a new record deal with Columbia, and moved to LA where he played in a piano bar and wrote "Piano Man" about his experience. He released his second album, "Piano Man" in 1973. Although the title track was only a moderate hit on the charts, it eventually became his biggest classic thanks to continuous performances.

 

His next two albums were less successful, with "The Entertainer" as the only minor hit (#34 in 1974). It was a song written in response to radio stations making edits of "Piano Man" because they felt the original was too long. He was then introduced to Phil Ramone to produce his fifth album, "The Stranger", which became his top selling album, with four top 25 singles, and became RIAA Diamond certified. Phil Ramone continued to work with Billy Joel on five more albums from 1978 to 1986. Those albums brought him many big hits, including his first #1, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me", and "Uptown Girl". "The Bridge" was the last of Phil Ramone albums and represented a decline in commercial and critical success. However, after bringing on Mick Jones from Foreigner as a replacement co-producer, he was able to have a successful come-back with his 1989 album "Storm Front" which included the #1 hit "We Didn't Start The Fire". He released his last major commercial in 1993 with "River of Dreams", with the title track reaching #3 on the Hot 100. After that, he mostly focused on touring, although he also released an album of classical music called "Fantasies & Delusions" with Richard Joo in 2001.

 

 

Most streamed Hot 100 hits on Spotify

 

344m - Piano Man (Billy Joel)

303m - Uptown Girl (Billy Joel)

156m - We Didn't Start The Fire (Billy Joel)

118m - She's Always A Woman (Billy Joel)

73m - Just The Way You Are (Billy Joel)

 

*"Vienna" has 94m streams but didn't chart - it was a B-side to "Just The Way You Are"

 

 

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 March 3, 2020 by Ash12345

[Timber]

Wow, I thought Piano Man was way bigger on the charts.

[Fitzswiftie]

The way that all of Billy’s entries (except Glee) are 100% songs performed by him.