Not-So-Cruel Summer: Taylor Swift Hits No. 1 On the Hot 100 Songwriters Chart
Not-So-Cruel Summer: Taylor Swift Hits No. 1 On the Hot 100 Songwriters Chart
8/28/2019 by Xander Zellner
Swift dethrones Blanco Brown after a week on top.
Taylor Swift rises to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Songwriters chart (dated Aug. 31) for the first time, thanks to a trio of songwriting entries on the latest weekly Hot 100 survey.
"You Need to Calm Down" (co-written with Joel Little) leads the way at No. 14 on the Hot 100 (after peaking at No. 2); "Lover," which she solely wrote, debuts at No. 19; and "Me!," featuring Brendon Urie, ranks at No. 58 (after reaching at No. 2).
Swift ascends to the Hot 100 Songwriters summit ahead of the chart debut of her new LP Lover, which became the top-selling album of 2019 in the U.S. after just two days on sale and is slated tobecome her sixth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Sept. 7).
Swift dethrones Blanco Brown, who ruled the Hot 100 Songwriters chart for a week, thanks to his breakout single "The Git Up," which stands at No. 16 on the Hot 100. Drake previously led the writers' ranking for a week (concurrent with the chart start of his album Care Package) and Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish tied at No. 1 for three straight weeks before that; O'Connell himself reigned for nine consecutive weeks, dating to the chart's June 15 inception.
The weekly Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot 100; plus, genre-based songwriter and producer charts follow the same methodology based on corresponding "Hot"-named genre charts. As with Billboard's yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).
Among other moves, pop legend Max Martin debuts on Hot 100 Songwriters at No. 7, thanks to four songwriting entries on the Hot 100: Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber's "I Don't Care" leads at No. 8 (co-written with Sheeran, Bieber, Fred, Poo Bear and Shellback), followed by Sheeran and Khalid's "Beautiful People" (co-written with Sheeran, Fred and Shellback) at No. 18; Normani's "Motivation" (co-written with Normani, Ariana Grande, ILYA and Savan Kotecha) at No. 33; and Sam Smith's "How Do You Sleep?" (co-written with Smith, Ilya and Kotecha) at No. 36.
On Hot 100 Producers, Louis Bell leads for a ninth week, thanks to five producing credits on the latest Hot 100, led by Post Malone's "Goodbyes," featuring Young Thug, at No. 9.
The full Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts, in addition to the full genre rankings, can be found on Billboard.com/biz.
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