Who's Writing the Hits?

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Who’s Writing the Hits?

During the first quarter of 2011 (January – March), there were a total of 101 credited songwriters involved in writing the 22 top 10 Pop songs that passed through the Billboard Pop Songs Chart during the period.

Of those songwriters, 16 of them were involved in writing two or more hits. Below is a list of those songwriters and the songs that they were involved in writing. Additionally, we look at “hit songwriter connections”, showing how some of these hit-makers collaborate with one another on various projects.

The top Pop songwriters of Q1-2011 are:

4 Hit Songs:

Tor Hermansen (Stargate) Mikkel Eriksen (Stargate) Sandy Vee Philip Lawrence (The Smeezingtons) Bruno Mars (Solo and The Smeezingtons).

3 Hit Songs:

Ari Levine (The Smeezingtons) Ester Dean Max Martin

2 Hit Songs:

Benjamin Levin Brody Brown Lukasz Gottwald Pink

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Shellback Jae Choung (Far*East Movement) James Roh (Far*East Movement) Virman Coquia (Far*East Movement)

Breakdown By Songwriter: *Note: The chart position represents the top position for Q1-2011

Tor Hermansen (Stargate)

“Firework” – Katy Perry (#1) “Only Girl (In The World)” – Rihanna (#1) “What’s My Name” – Rihanna (#4) “S&M” – Rihanna (#9)

Mikkel Eriksen (Stargate)

“Firework” – Katy Perry (#1)

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“Only Girl (In The World)” – Rihanna (#1) “What’s My Name” – Rihanna (#4) “S&M” – Rihanna (#9)

Sandy Vee

“Firework” – Katy Perry (#1) “Only Girl (In The World)” – Rihanna (#1) •”S&M” – Rihanna (#9) “Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)” – Pitbull F. T-Pain (#6)

Philip Lawrence (The Smeezingtons)

“Grenade” – Bruno Mars (#1) “Just The Way You Are” – Bruno Mars (#1) “F**k” You – Cee Lo Green (#4) “Rocketeer” – Far East Movement (#7)

Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)

“Grenade” – Bruno Mars (#1) “Just The Way You Are” – Bruno Mars (#1) “F**k” You – Cee Lo Green (#4) “Rocketeer” – Far East Movement (#7)

Ari Levine (The Smeezingtons)

“Grenade” – Bruno Mars (#1) “Just The Way You Are” – Bruno Mars (#1) “F**k” You – Cee Lo Green (#4)

Ester Dean

“Firework” – Katy Perry (#1) “What’s My Name” – Rihanna (#4) “S&M” – Rihanna (#9)

Max Martin

“F**kn’ Perfect” – Pink (#1) “Raise Your Glass” – Pink (#1) “Hold It Against Me” – Britney Spears (#3)

Benjamin Levin

“We R Who We R” – Ke$ha (#2)

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“Please Don’t Go” – Mike Posner (#9)

Brody Brown

“Grenade” – Bruno Mars (#1) “F**k” You” – Cee Lo Green (#4)

Lukasz Gottwald

“We R Who We R” – Ke$ha (#2) “Hold It Against Me” – Britney Spears (#3)

Shellback

“F**kn’ Perfect” – Pink (#1) •”Raise Your Glass” – Pink (#1)

Pink

“F**kn’ Perfect” – Pink (#1) “Raise Your Glass” – Pink (#1)

Jae Choung (Far*East Movement)

“Rocketeer” – Far East Movement (#7) “Like A G6? – Far East Movement (#4)

James Roh (Far*East Movement)

“Rocketeer” – Far East Movement (#7) “Like A G6? – Far East Movement (#4)

Virman Coquia (Far*East Movement)

“Rocketeer” – Far East Movement (#7) “Like A G6? – Far East Movement (#4)

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