Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com Who’s Writing the Hits? Q2-2011 The Top Songwriter of Q2-2011 The Max Martin & Lukasz Gottwald Connection The #1 Hit Club of Q2-2011 The Top Pop Songwriters 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. Back to Top Max Martin collaborated on 6 top 10 hit Pop songs during Q2-2011 1 / 9 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com Back to Top Max Martin & Lukasz Gottwald collaborated on 4 top 10 hits during Q2-2011 Back to Top 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 Bruno Mars: 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 (Lady Gaga): Born This Way Sandy Vee: S&M 2 / 9 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com Back to Top 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 (The Smeezingtons) Philip Lawrence (The Smeezingtons) Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons) 2 Hit Songs: Bilal Hajjai Brody Brown Fernando Garibray Kesha Sebert Nadir Kahyat Shellback Lady Gaga Sandy Vee Back to Top 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., Hold It Against Me, and Till The World Ends. Bruno Mars, Ari Levine and Philip Lawrence (all of the Smeezingtons) worked on F**k You, Grenade and The Lazy Song. Additionally, Brody Brown also collaborated on F**k You and Grenade. Nadir Kahyat and Bilal Hajjai collaborated on More and On The Floor. 3 / 9 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com Fernando Garibray collaborated with Lady Gaga on Born This Way and The Edge Of Glory. Shellback collaborated with Max Martin on F**kn’ Perfect. Back to Top 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. – Katy Perry (#1) F**kn’ Perfect – Pink (#1) Blow – Ke$ha (#3) Hold It Against Me – Britney (#3) Till The World Ends – Britney (#4) What The Hell – Avril Lavigne (#8) Lukasz Gottwald E.T. – Katy Perry (#1) Blow – Ke$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) 4 / 9 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com Grenade – Bruno Mars (#1) The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars (#4) Bilal Hajjai On The Floor – Jennifer Lopez (#5) More – Usher (#7) Brody Brown F**k You (Forget You) – Cee Lo Green (#1) Grenade – Bruno Mars (#1) Fernando Garibray Born This Way – Lady Gaga (#1) The Edge Of Glory – Lady Gaga (#8) Kesha Sebert Blow – Ke$ha (#3) Till The World Ends – Britney (#4) Nadir Kahyat On The Floor – Jennifer Lopez (#5) More – Usher (#7) Shellback F**kn’ Perfect – Pink (#1) What The Hell – Avril Lavigne (#8) Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) Born This Way – Lady Gaga (#1) The Edge Of Glory – Lady Gaga (#8) Sandy Vee S&M – Rihanna (#1) Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor) – Pitbull (#5) Back to Top 5 / 9 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com This list showcases ALL of the songwriters who collaborated on a top 10 hit during Q2-2011 *Note: The chart position represents the top position for Q2-2011 #1 Hits Born This Way – Lady Gaga (#1) Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) Jeppe Laursen Paul Blair Fernando Garibay E.T. – Katy Perry (#1) Katy Perry Lukasz Gottwald Max Martin Joshua Coleman F**kn’ Perfect – Pink (#1) Pink Max Martin Shellback F**K You (Forget You) – Cee Lo Green (#1) Cee Lo Green Bruno Mars Ari Levine Philip Lawrence Brody Brown Grenade – Bruno Mars (#1) Bruno Mars Philip Lawrence Ari Levine Brody Brown Claude Kelly Andrew Wyatt Rolling In The Deep – Adele (#1) 6 / 9 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com Adele Paul Epworth S&M – Rihanna (#1) Mikkel Ericksen Tor Hermansen Corey Jackson Carter Sandy Vee Ester Dean Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You) – Enrique Iglesias (#1) Enrique Iglesias Lauren Christy Christopher Bridges #2 – #10 Hits Blow – Ke$ha (#3) Kesha Sebert Klas Ahlund Lukasz Gottwald Allan Grigg Benjamin Levin Max Martin Coming Home – 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 7 / 9 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com 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 – Britney Spears (#3) Max Martin Lukasz Gottwald Bonnie McKee Mathieu Jomphe Just Can’t Get Enough – The Black Eyed Peas (#2) William Adams Allan Pineda Jaime Gomez Stacy Ferguson Joshua Alvarez Stephen Shadowen Rodney Jerkins Julie Frost 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 8 / 9 Hit Songs Deconstructed Deconstructing Today's Hits for Songwriting Success http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com 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 – Lupe Fiasco (#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 9 / 9 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).