poll Which *major* Max Martin x Artist pairing produced the best music?

[Feanor]

 

 

Max Martin is one of the biggest hitmakers ever and was even called the "best music producer of the 21st century" by Billboard.  

And while he has produced for countless of artists over the years, only a handful of popular names have ever worked with him extensively, as in on over a dozen songs across multiple albums. Collectively, these seven artists already make up 21 (!) of Max Martin's 26 Hot 100 #1s as a producer. They are…

 

 

 

Ariana Grande

33 produced songs

3 #1s  |  11 Top 10s

Spoiler

'My Everything'

"Problem"

"Break Free"

"Bang Bang"

 

'Dangerous Woman'

"Dangerous Woman"

"Into You"

"Side to Side"

"Greedy"

"Sometimes"

"Bad Decisions"

"Touch It"

 

'Sweetener'

''Raindrops (An Angel Cried)''

''Everytime''

''No Tears Left To Cry''

 

'Thank U, Next'

''Bloodline''

''Bad Idea''

''Ghostin''

''Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored''

 

'Charlie's Angels OST'

"Don't Call Me Angel"

"Bad To You"

"Nobody"

"How I Look on You"

 

'Eternal Sunshine'

"Bye"

"Don't Wanna Break Up Again"

"Saturn Returns Interlude"

"Eternal Sunshine"

"Supernatural"

"True Story"

"The Boy Is Mine"

"Yes, And?"

"We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)"

"Imperfect For You"

 

Other/collabs

"Focus"

"Save Your Tears (Remix)"

 

 

The Weeknd

26 produced songs

3 #1s  |  4 Top 10s

Spoiler

'Beauty Behind The Madness'

"Can't Feel My Face"

"Shameless"

"In the Night"

 

'Starboy'

"Rockin'"

"Love To Lay"

"A Lonely Night"

 

'After Hours'

"Hardest To Love"

"Scared To Live"

"Blinding Lights"

"In Your Eyes"

"Save Your Tears"

 

'Dawn FM'

"Dawn FM"

"Gasoline"

"How Do I Make You Love Me?"

"Take My Breath"

"Sacrifice"

"A Tale by Quincy"

"Out of Time"

"Best Friends"

"Is There Someone Else?"

"Starry Eyes"

"Don't Break My Heart"

"I Heard You're Married"

"Less than Zero"

"Phantom Regret by Jim"

 

'Hurry Up Tomorrow'

"Dancing In The Flames"

 

 

Backstreet Boys

23 produced songs

0 #1s  |  5 Top 10s

Spoiler

'Backstreet Boys'

"Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"

"I Wanna Be with You"

"Nobody But You"

"We've Got It Going On"

 

'Backstreet's Back'

"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"

"As Long as You Love Me"

"10,000 Promises"

"That's the Way I Like It"

 

'Millenium'

"I Want It That Way"

"Don't Wanna Lose You Now"

"Don't Want You Back"

"It's Gotta Be You"

"Larger Than Life (Single Mix)"

"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"

"The One"

 

'Black & Blue

"Get Another Boyfriend"

"Shape of My Heart"

"The Call"

 

'Never Gone'

"Climbing the Walls"

"I Still..."

"Just Want You to Know"

 

'This Is Us'

"Bigger"

 

'In A World Like This'

"In A World Like This"

 

 

Katy Perry

21 produced songs

7 #1s  |  9 Top 10s

Spoiler

'Teenage Dream'

"California Gurls"

"Teenage Dream"

"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"

"The One That Got Away"

"E.T."

"Part of Me"

 

'PRISM'

"Roar"

"Legendary Lovers"

"Birthday"

"Walking on Air"

"Unconditionally"

"Dark Horse"

"This Is How We Do"

"International Smile"

"Ghost"

 

'Witness'

"Chained to the Rhythm"

"Bon Appétit"

"Witness"

"Hey Hey Hey"

"Roulette"

 

Other/collabs

"Rise"

 

 

Taylor Swift

21 produced songs

4 #1s  |  8 Top 10s

Spoiler

'RED'

"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"

"I Knew You Were Trouble"

"22"

 

'1989'

"Blank Space"

"Style"

"All You Had To Do Was Stay"

"Shake It Off"

"Bad Blood"

"Wildest Dreams"

"How You Get The Girl"

"Wonderland"

"New Romantics"

 

'reputation'

''...Ready For It?"

"End Game"

"I Did Something Bad''

"Don't Blame Me''

''Delicate''

"So It Goes..."

"Gorgeous"

"King of My Heart"

"Dancing With Our Hands Tied"

 

 

Britney Spears

20 produced songs

3 #1s  |  7 Top 10s

Spoiler

'…Baby One More Time'

"...Baby One More Time"

"(You Drive Me) Crazy"

"I Will Be There"

 

'Oops!… I Did It Again'

"Oops!... I Did It Again"

"Lucky"

"Stronger"

"Where Are You Now"

 

'Britney'

"Overprotected"

"Bombastic Love"

"Cinderella"

"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"

 

'Circus

"If You Seek Amy"

 

'Femme Fatale'

"Till the World Ends"

"Hold It Against Me"

"Inside Out"

"I Wanna Go"

"Seal It with a Kiss"

"Criminal"

"Up n' Down"

 

Other/collabs

"3"

 

 

P!nk

14 produced songs

2 #1s  |  4 Top 10s

Spoiler

'Funhouse'

"So What"

"I Don't Believe You"

"Please Don't Leave Me"

"It's All Your Fault"

"Boring"

 

'Greatest Hits… So Far!!!'

"Raise Your Glass"

"Fuckin' Perfect"

 

'The Truth About Love'

"Sl*t Like You"

 

'Beautiful Trauma'

"Revenge"

"Whatever you Want"

"Secrets"

 

'Hurts 2B Human'

"(Hey Why) Miss You Sometime"

 

'TRUSTFALL'

"Never Gonna Not Dance Again"

 

Other/collabs

"Just Like Fire"

 

 

But with which one of these main "muses" of Max Martin has he created the best music?

 

 

Edited September 16 by Feanor

[getBusy]

The grandpa in me wants to say BSB...

But also, some of The Weeknd songs are next level...

[Musicology]

Britney or Taylor

[ariananext]

The one who got the biggest song of all times I fear 

[Souvenir]

Ariana or Katy

[vale9001]

1 minute ago, ariananext said:

The one who got the biggest song of all times I fear 

Didn't know he produced Candle in the wind and I will always love you.

 

 

[Spice]

So many greats but i'll go with Ariana or the Weeknd. 

[XAMJ]

Your Body - Xtina

[FolkLover1989]

Taylor Swift easily 

GP and Critics both agreed on this one.

 

And even Music Industry did. 

 

 

[ariananext]

3 minutes ago, vale9001 said:

Didn't know he produced Candle in the wind and I will always love you.

 

 

https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-weeknd-blinding-lights-billboard-cover-story-2021-interview-1235001282/

 

 

[BtDecember]

Taylor. Their music together are the most commercially (diamond album and single) and critically acclaimed (Grammy AOTY) among them.

[Slave 4 U]

Britney of course. I’m listening to Overprotected rn and it never stops being an absolute banger. He’s responsible for some of the best pop music of all time, but I think there’s always been something so special and timeless about his work with Britney. 
 

I love his work with BSB and The Weeknd as well. 

[Bloodflowers.]

Avril Lavigne - What the Hell

 

But I have to go with The Weeknd for In The Night alone

 

[Power love]

Backstreet Boys lol

[Siberian Tiger]

Was gonna say Ariana or The Wekknd but then I saw The Call, so BSB.

[byzantium]

Taylor and Max was an alignment of two of the best songwriters of the 21st century and is the best matchup here.  

Britney's songs will probably be the most iconic.  

[terrorblade]

only 4 songs on Dawn FM were actually produced by Max (Take My Breath, Sacrifice, A Tale by Quincy and Less than Zero). the rest are additional/co-productions

anyway Taylor > Katy > Ari > Abel > the rest

[Feanor]

5 hours ago, byzantium said:

Taylor and Max was an alignment of two of the best songwriters of the 21st century and is the best matchup here.  

it really was a fantastic matchup

[Jude]

Ariana Grande, hands down. Max does best when he works with actual vocalists. He knows how to utilize those amazing vocals.

[Ger]

1 hour ago, Feanor said:

it really was a fantastic matchup

Get them back together. 

[BravoTangoWhiskey]

The one that gave his career a second wind by telling him to make a song more rock sounding. The rest is history and a rehash attempt of that pivotal moment