Hot Country Singles Songwriters R in Pos. SONGWRITER (No. Of Charted Singles) Tle
1 VINCE GILL (4) 2 STEPHONY SMITH (5) 3 CRAIG WISEMAN (6) 4 ALAN JACKSON (2) 5 RICK BOWLES (7) 6 MARK D. SANDERS (11) 111kJsIc 7 MATRACA BERG (6) 8 TREY BRUCE (5) 9 MICHAEL DULANEY (2) 10 DIANE WARREN (2) 11 MARK ALAN SPRINGER (3) 12 CLINT BLACK (6) 13 HUGH PRESTWOOD (2) 14 TOM T. HALL (2) 15 TIM NICHOLS (4) 16 DEANA CARTER (3) 17 JERRY HAYES (1) 18 DON SCHLITZ (5) 19 DAN TYLER (1) 20 CHUCK CANNON (2) 21 CATHY MAJESKI (4) 22 CHRIS FARREN (3)
23 GARY NICHOLSON (7) VINCE GILL: No. 1 Country Songwriter 24 BILLY LIVSEY (3) 25 KENT ROBBINS (2) Hot Country Publishing Corporations
Hot Country Singles 6 Pos. PUBLISHING CORPORATION (No. Of Charted Singles) Tracks Publishers 1 EMI MUSIC (57) Pos. PUBLISHER (No. Of Charted Singles) 2 WARNER /CHAPPELL MUSIC (64) 3 SONY /ATV MUSIC (62) 1 EMI BLACKWOOD, BMI (24) 4 ALMO /IRVING MUSIC (23) 2 WARNER -TAMERLANE, BMI (34) 5 BMG MUSIC (31) 3 BENEFIT, BMI (4) 4 SONY /ATV TREE, BMI (38) 5 MCA, ASCAP (16) Hot loo Singles Songwriters 6 SONY /ATV CROSS KEYS, ASCAP (27) 7 MAYPOP, BMI (6) Pos. SONGWRITER (No. Of Charted Singles) 8 EMI APRIL, ASCAP (20) 9 WB, ASCAP (19) 1 DIANE WARREN (8) 10 SONGS OF POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, 2 R. KELLY (5) BMI (20) T3 BERNIE TAUPIN (2) 11 CAREERS -BMG, BMI (10) T3 ELTON JOHN (2) 12 BLACKENED, BMI (5) 5 BABYFACE (9) 13 IRVING, BMI (14) 6 MARK MORRISON (1) 14 LOG RHYTHM, BMI (3) 7 JEWEL (2)
15 ALMO, ASCAP (11) 8 SPICE GIRLS (4) DIANE WARREN: No. 1 Hot 100 Songwriter 16 TOM COLLINS, BMI (5) 9 STEVE POLTZ (1) 17 LONGITUDE, BMI (11) 10 STEPHAN JENKINS (1) 17 CAREERS -BMG, BMI (11) 45 ERIC TIMMONS (2) 18 REALSONGS, ASCAP (2) 11 DUNCAN SHEIK (1) 18 WINDSWEPT PACIFIC, ASCAP (4) 46 MUSIC CORP. OF AMERICA, BMI (6) 19 STARSTRUCK ANGEL, BMI (9) T12 TERRY LEWIS (11) T19 WILLIAM A.BONG, PRS (2) 47 MASON BETHA, ASCAP (3) 20 STARSTRUCK WRITERS GROUP, ASCAP (12) T12 JAMES HARRIS III (11) T19 WRETCHED, ASCAP (2) 48 EMI, ASCAP (3) 21 ACUFF -ROSE, BMI (13) 14 BRIAN VANDER ARK (1) 21 SONY /ATV SONGS, BMI (15) 49 VIRGINIA BEACH, ASCAP (7) 22 BMG, ASCAP (10) 15 MAX MARTIN (3) 22 HEAVY HARMONY (2) 50 HAPP DOG, BMI (1) 23 MURRAH, BMI (3) 16 PAULA COLE (2) 23 JUSTIN COMBS, ASCAP (14) 24 DADDY RABBIT, ASCAP (6) 17 FREAKNASTY (2) 24 JAM N' BREAD, ASCAP (2) 25 MOTA, ASCAP (1) 18 FAITH EVANS (2) 25 WIGGLY TOOTH, ASCAP (2) 26 MARK D., ASCAP (10) T19 STING (1) 26 ROUGH CUT /EMI AUSTRALIA, APRA (2) T27 EMDAR, ASCAP (9) T19 TODD GAITHER (1) 27 ALMO, ASCAP (9) 12EALSGNGS T27 TEXAS WEDGE, ASCAP (9) 21 DARYL SIMMONS (2) T28 THIRD STORY, BMI (1) 29 YEE HAW, ASCAP (2) 22 KEITH SWEAT (4) T28 POLIO BOY, BMI (1) 30 FULL KEEL, ASCAP (7) 23 HERBERT CRICHLOW (1) 30 SONY /ATV, BMI (5) Hot too Singles Publishing 31 HAMSTEIN CUMBERLAND, BMI (17) 24 STEPHONY SMITH (2) 31 3EB, BMI (1) Corporations 32 HALLNOTE, BMI (1) 25 STEVEN JORDAN (8) 32 MCA (5) 33 POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, ASCAP (13) 33 ENSIGN, BMI (6) Pos. PUBLISHING CORPORATION (No. Of Charted Singles) 34 FRANK, ASCAP (1) 34 SID FLIPS, ASCAP (1) 35 ENSIGN, BMI (4) Hot 10o Singles Publishers 35 WARNER /CHAPPELL, ASCAP (5) 1 EMI MUSIC (140) 36 MIKE CURB, BMI (9) T36 GEMA (1) 2 WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC (131) 37 ZOMBA, ASCAP (11) Pos. PUBLISHER (No. Of Charted Singles) T36 PERFECT, BMI (1) 3 REALSONGS MUSIC (8) 38 MAJOR BOB, ASCAP (7) T36 SPZ, BMI (1) 4 ZOMBA MUSIC (38) 39 AUGUST WIND, BMI (6) 1 REALSONGS, ASCAP (8) T39 CREATIVE, ASCAP (1) 5 POLYGRAM MUSIC (36) 40 GREAT BROAD, BMI (6) 2 WB, ASCAP (57) T39 MEGASONGS, ASCAP (1) 41 WHY WALK, ASCAP (4) 3 EMI APRIL, ASCAP (66) 41 HINGFACE, BMI (2) 42 FAMOUS, ASCAP (10) 4 EMI BLACKWOOD, BMI (31) 42 LONGITUDE, BMI (6) 43 POST OAK, BMI (4) 5 WARNER -TAMERLANE, BMI (44) 43 FAR M.V., ASCAP (3) EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING 44 NEW HAYES, ASCAP (6) 6 ZOMBA, BMI (15) 44 HITCO, BMI (6) 45 ALL AROUND TOWN, ASCAP (3) 7 POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, ASCAP (20) 46 NEW DON, ASCAP (5) 8 R. KELLY, BMI (5) 47 HUGH PRESTWOOD, BMI (2) 9 ZOMBA, ASCAP (24) 48 REYNSONG, BMI (4) 10 ECAF, BMI (10) 49 FARRENUFF, ASCAP (3) 11 FULL KEEL, ASCAP (8) 50 ZOMBA, BMI (3) 12 SONGS OF POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, S BMI (12) 13 MIKE'S RAP, BMI (4) 14 BMG, ASCAP (23) 15 MCA, ASCAP (20) 16 FLYTE TYME, ASCAP (11)
BILLBOARD DECEMBER 27, 1997 YE-55