Who's Writing the Hits? Q4-2011
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Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com Who’s Writing the Hits? Q4-2011 The Top Collaborative Partnerships Of Q4-2011 The #1 Hit Club of Q4-2011 The Top Pop Songwriters of Q4-2011 All Songs & Songwriters During the fourth quarter of 2011 (October – December), there were a total of 79 credited songwriters involved in writing the 21 top 10 Hit Pop songs that landed on the Billboard Pop Songs Chart during the period. Of those songwriters, 12 were involved in co-writing two or more hits, with one of them securing the title of “undisputed champion of hit songwriting” for a fourth quarter in a row. That champion was Max Martin, who co-wrote three top 10 hits, two of which landed at #1 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart. Close behind was Lukasz Gottwald, who also scored three top 10 hits, with one landing at #1 on the Pop songs chart. Sub-Genres: Dance/Club influenced Pop songs had 46 credited writers appearing on 12 songs, averaging 4 writers per song. Hip Hop/Rap influenced Pop songs had 17 credited writers appearing on 3 songs, averaging 6 writers per song. R&B/Soul influenced Pop songs had 8 credited writers appearing on 2 songs, averaging 4 writers per song. Rock influenced Pop songs had 1 credited songwriter appearing on 1 song (Pumped Up Kicks) Top Collaborative Partnerships Back to Top Max Martin, Katy Perry & Lukasz Gottwald collaborated on 2 songs that placed in the Pop Songs top 10 during Q4-2011 1 / 10 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com Bruno Mars, Phillip Lawrence and Ari Levine (The Smeezingtons) collaborated on 2 songs that placed in the Pop Songs top 10 during Q4-2011 2 / 10 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com Adam Levine, Ammar Malik and Benny Blanco collaborated on 2 songs that placed in the Pop Songs top 10 during Q4-2011 3 / 10 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com The #1 Hit Club Back to Top These songwriters co-wrote songs that landed at #1 during Q4-2011 Adam Levine: Moves Like Jagger, Stereo Hearts Ammar Malik: Moves Like Jagger, Stereo Hearts Armando Perez (Pitbull): Give Me Everything Benny Blanco: Moves Like Jagger, Stereo Hearts Bonnie McKee: Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Brandon Lowry: Stereo Hearts Calvin Harris: We Found Love Dan Omelio: Stereo Hearts 4 / 10 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com David Guetta: Without You Frederic Riesterer: Without You Giorgio Tuinfort: Without You Jamahl Listenbee: Party Rock Anthem Johan Schuster (Shellback): I Wanna Go, Moves Like Jagger Katy Perry: Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Lukasz Gottwald: Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F,.) Good Feeling Max Martin: I Wanna Go, Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Nick van de Wall: Give Me Everything Peter Schroeder: Party Rock Anthem Rico Love: Without You Savan Kotecha: I Wanna Go Shaffer Smith: Give Me Everything Skyler Gordy: Party Rock Anthem Stefan Gordy: Party Rock Anthem Taio Cruz: Without You Travie McCoy: Stereo Hearts The Top Pop Songwriters Back to Top These songwriters co-wrote two or more songs that landed in the top 10 during Q4-2011: *Note: The chart position represents the top position for Q4-2011 Lukasz Gottwald – 3 Top 10 Hits Good Feeling – Flo Rida (#6) Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) – Katy Perry (#1) The One That Got Away – Katy Perry (#3) 5 / 10 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com Max Martin – 3 Top 10 Hits I Wanna Go – Britney Spears (#1) Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) – Katy Perry (#1) The One That Got Away – Katy Perry (#3) Adam Levine – 2 Top 10 Hits Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 (#1) Stereo Hearts – Gym Class Heroes (#1) Ammar Malik – 2 Top 10 Hits Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 (#1) Stereo Hearts – Gym Class Heroes (#1) Ari Levine (The Smeezingtons) – 2 Top 10 Hits It Will Rain – Bruno Mars (#2) Lighters – Bad Meets Evil (#2) Benny Blanco – 2 Top 10 Hits Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 (#1) Stereo Hearts – Gym Class Heroes (#1) Jamahl Listenbee– 2 Top 10 Hits Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO (#1) Sexy & I Know It – LMFAO (#2) Johan Schuster (Shellback) – 2 Top 10 Hits I Wanna Go – Britney Spears (#1) Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 (#1) Katy Perry – 2 Top 10 Hits Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) – Katy Perry (#1) The One That Got Away – Katy Perry (#3) Peter Hernandez (Bruno Mars) (The Smeezingtons) – 2 Top 10 Hits It Will Rain – Bruno Mars (#2) Lighters – Bad Meets Evil (#2) 6 / 10 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com Philip Lawrence (The Smeezingtons) – 2 Top 10 Hits It Will Rain – Bruno Mars (#2) Lighters – Bad Meets Evil (#2) All Songs & Songwriters Back to Top These are ALL of the songwriters who collaborated on a top 10 hit during Q4-2011 *Note: The chart position represents the top position for Q4-2011 #1 Hits Give Me Everything – Pitbull (#1) Armando Perez (Pitbull) Nick van de Wall Shaffer Smith I Wanna Go – Britney Spears (#1) Max Martin Johan Schuster (Shellback) Savan Kotecha Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) – Katy Perry (#1) Bonnie McKee Katy Perry Lukasz Gottwald Max Martin Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 (#1) Adam Levine Ammar Malik Benny Blanco Johan Schuster (Shellback) Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO (#1) Jamahl Listenbee Peter Schroeder Skyler Gordy 7 / 10 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com Stefan Gordy Stereo Hearts –Gym Class Heroes (#1) Adam Levine Ammar Malik Benny Blanco Brandon Lowry Dan Omelio Travie McCoy Without You –David Guetta (#1) David Guetta Frederic Riesterer Giorgio Tuinfort Rico Love Taio Cruz Usher Raymond IV We Found Love –Rihanna f. Calvin Harris (#1) Calvin Harris #2 – #10 Hits Good Feeling – Flo-Rida (#6) Arash Pournouri Breyan Isaac Etta James Henry Walter Leroy Kirkland Lukasz Gottwald Pearl Woods Tim Bergling Tramar Dillard In The Dark – Dev (#8) David Singer-Vine Devin Tailes Niles Hollowell-Dhar It Girl – Jason Derulo (#10) 8 / 10 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com E.Kidd Bogart Emanuel Kiriakou Jason Desrouleaux Lindy Robbins It Will Rain – Bruno Mars (#2) Ari Levine Bruno Mars (Peter Hernandez) Philip Lawrence Bonnie McKee Lighters – Bad Meets Evil (#2) Ari Levine Marshall Mathers Peter Hernandez Philip Lawrence Roy Battle Ryan Montgomery Love You Like A Love Song – Selena Gomez (#9) Antonina Armato Tim James Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People (#7) Mark Foster Sexy & I Know It – LMFAO (#2) Erin Beck G.M. Robertson Jamahl Listenbee Kenneth Oliver Stefan Kendal Gordy Someone Like You – Adele (#2) Adele Dan Wilson Super Bass – Nicki Minaj (#3) Daniel Johnson 9 / 10 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com Ester Dean Onika Maraj The One That Got Away – Katy Perry (#3) Katy Perry Lukasz Gottwald Max Martin You & I – Lady Gaga (#7) Stefani Germanotta You Make Me Feel – Cobra Starship f. Sabi (#4) Ina Wroldsen Steve Mac 10 / 10 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).