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Who's Writing the Hits? Q2-2011

Who's Writing the Hits? Q2-2011

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Who’s Writing the Hits? Q2-2011

The Top of Q2-2011 The & Lukasz Gottwald Connection The #1 Hit Club of Q2-2011 The Top Pop of Q2-2011 Hit Songwriter Connections – Who Worked With Who Breakdown By Songwriter Breakdown By Song

During the second quarter of 2011 (April – June), there were a total of 100 credited songwriters involved in writing the 24 top 10 Hit Pop songs that passed through the Billboard Pop Songs Chart during the period.

Of those songwriters, 13 were involved in co-writing two or more hits, with one of them reigning supreme as the “undisputed champion of hit songwriting” for the quarter. That champion is Max Martin, who co-wrote 6 top 10 hits, 2 of which hit #1 and 5 of the 6 landing in the top 5.

Below we give recognition to all of the songwriters who were involved in writing the top 10 Pop hits of Q2-2011, spotlighting the top collaborative partnerships, hit songwriter connections (who was writing with who), the #1 hit club of Q2, the top 13 songwriters and the songs they were involved with, and a breakdown of all 24 top 10 hit Pop songs showcasing the songwriters who worked together in making them a hit.

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Max Martin collaborated on 6 top 10 hit Pop songs during Q2-2011

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Max Martin & Lukasz Gottwald collaborated on 4 top 10 hits during Q2-2011

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These songwriters co-wrote songs that hit #1 during Q2-2011

Max Martin: E.T. and F**kn’ Perfect Lukasz Gottwald: E.T. Ari Levine: F**k You and Grenade : F**k You and Grenade Philip Lawrence: F**k You and Grenade Brody Brown: F**k You and Grenade Fernando Garibray: Born This Way Shellback: F**kn’ Perfect Stefani Germanotta (): Born This Way Sandy Vee: S&M

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These songwriters co-wrote two or more hits that landed in the top 10 during Q2-2011

6 Hit Songs:

Max Martin

4 Hit Songs:

Lukasz Gottwald

3 Hit Songs:

Ari Levine () Philip Lawrence (The Smeezingtons) Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)

2 Hit Songs:

Bilal Hajjai Brody Brown Fernando Garibray Sebert Nadir Kahyat Shellback Lady Gaga Sandy Vee

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These songwriters, who co-wrote two or more hits during the quarter, collaborated with each other on various projects

Max Martin and Lukasz Gottwald worked together on Blow, E.T., , and .

Bruno Mars, Ari Levine and Philip Lawrence (all of the Smeezingtons) worked on F**k You, Grenade and . Additionally, Brody Brown also collaborated on F**k You and Grenade.

Nadir Kahyat and Bilal Hajjai collaborated on More and .

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Fernando Garibray collaborated with Lady Gaga on Born This Way and Of Glory.

Shellback collaborated with Max Martin on F**kn’ Perfect.

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This list showcases the 13 songwriters who collaborated on two or more top 10 hit Pop songs during Q2-2011 *Note: The chart position represents the top position for Q2-2011

Max Martin

E.T. – (#1) F**kn’ Perfect – Pink (#1) Blow – Ke$ha (#3) Hold It Against Me – Britney (#3) Till The World Ends – Britney (#4) – (#8)

Lukasz Gottwald

E.T. – Katy Perry (#1) Blow – Ke$ha (#3) Hold It Against Me – Britney (#3) Till The World Ends – Britney (#4)

Ari Levine (The Smeezingtons)

F**k You (Forget You) – Cee Lo Green (#1) Grenade – Bruno Mars (#1) The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars (#4)

Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)

F**k You (Forget You) – Cee Lo Green (#1) Grenade – Bruno Mars (#1) The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars (#4)

Philip Lawrence (The Smeezingtons)

F**k You (Forget You) – Cee Lo Green (#1)

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Grenade – Bruno Mars (#1) The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars (#4)

Bilal Hajjai

On The Floor – (#5) More – (#7)

Brody Brown

F**k You (Forget You) – Cee Lo Green (#1) Grenade – Bruno Mars (#1)

Fernando Garibray

Born This Way – Lady Gaga (#1) – Lady Gaga (#8)

Kesha Sebert

Blow – Ke$ha (#3) Till The World Ends – Britney (#4)

Nadir Kahyat

On The Floor – Jennifer Lopez (#5) More – Usher (#7)

Shellback

F**kn’ Perfect – Pink (#1) What The Hell – Avril Lavigne (#8)

Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga)

Born This Way – Lady Gaga (#1) The Edge Of Glory – Lady Gaga (#8)

Sandy Vee

S&M – (#1) Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor) – (#5)

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This list showcases ALL of the songwriters who collaborated on a top 10 hit during Q2-2011 *Note: The chart position represents the top position for Q2-2011

#1 Hits

Born This Way – Lady Gaga (#1)

Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) Jeppe Laursen Paul Blair Fernando Garibay

E.T. – Katy Perry (#1)

Katy Perry Lukasz Gottwald Max Martin Joshua Coleman

F**kn’ Perfect – Pink (#1)

Pink Max Martin Shellback

F**K You (Forget You) – Cee Lo Green (#1)

Cee Lo Green Bruno Mars Ari Levine Philip Lawrence Brody Brown

Grenade – Bruno Mars (#1)

Bruno Mars Philip Lawrence Ari Levine Brody Brown Claude Kelly Andrew Wyatt

Rolling In The Deep – (#1)

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Adele

S&M – Rihanna (#1)

Mikkel Ericksen Tor Hermansen Corey Jackson Carter Sandy Vee Ester Dean

Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You) – (#1)

Enrique Iglesias Christopher Bridges

#2 – #10 Hits

Blow – Ke$ha (#3)

Kesha Sebert Klas Ahlund Lukasz Gottwald Allan Grigg Benjamin Levin Max Martin

Coming – Diddy – Dirty Money (#9)

Jermaine Cole Alexander Grant Holly Hafferman

Down On Me – Jeremih (#8)

Jeremih Mich Shultz Curtis Jackson

The Edge Of Glory – Lady Gaga (#8)

Stefani Gemanotta (Lady Gaga) Fernando Garibay DJ White Shadow

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Give Me Everything – Pitbull (#5)

Armando Perez (Pitbull) Nick van de Wall Shaffer Smith

Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor) – Pitbull (#5)

Armondo Perez (Pitbull) T-Pain Sandy Vee

Hold It Against Me – (#3)

Max Martin Lukasz Gottwald Bonnie McKee Mathieu Jomphe

Just Can’t Get Enough – The (#2)

William Adams Allan Pineda Jaime Gomez Stacy Ferguson Joshua Alvarez Stephen Shadowen Rodney Jerkins

The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars (#4)

Bruno Mars Ari Levine Philip Lawrence K’naan

More – Usher (#7)

Nadir Khayat Charles Hinshaw Jr. Usher Raymond

On The Floor – Jennifer Lopez (#5)

Bilal Hajji

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Kinda Hamid Gonzalo Hermosa Ulises Hermosa Achraf Janussi Nadir Khayat Armando Perez Geraldo Sandell

Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO (#10)

Skyler Gordy Jamahl Listenbee Peter Schroeder

The Show Goes On – (#9)

Wasalu Muhammad Jaco Jonathan Keith Brown

Till The World Ends – Britney Spears (#4)

Kesha Sebert Lukasz Gottwald Alexander Kronlund Max Martin

What The Hell – Avril Lavigne (#8)

Avril Lavigne Max Martin Shellback

Written In The Stars – Tinie Tempah (#7)

Eshraque Mughal Patrick Okogwu Eric Turner Charlie Bernardo

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