Taylor Swift Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot 100 Songwriters Chart

Taylor Swift sets yet another Billboard chart record this week, as she has now officially spent the most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Songwriters chart.

Swift adds a 27th total week at No. 1 on the Nov. 8-dated chart, surpassing late holiday songwriting legend Johnny Marks for the most weeks spent on top since the survey began in June 2019. She ties atop the latest list with collaborators Max Martin and Shellback, thanks to their joint efforts on 12 Billboard Hot 100-charting songs (every track on Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl).

Here’s an updated look at the writers with the most weeks spent at No. 1 on Hot 100 Songwriters:

Max Martin and Shellback each tally their fourth week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 Songwriters chart.

Swift first topped the tally dated Aug. 31, 2019, (nine weeks into the chart’s run) and led in every calendar year since.

Marks has also topped Hot 100 Songwriters in every calendar year since the chart launched. Marks, who died in 1985, was the mastermind behind Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” and other holiday staples such as Burl Ives’ “A Holly Jolly Christmas,” Gene Autry’s “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and Chuck Berry’s “Run Rudolph Run.” As Marks’ compositions surge on the Hot 100 each December, Marks also makes an annual return to Hot 100 Songwriters.

The Hot 100 Songwriters chart is based on total points accrued by a songwriter for each attributed song that appears on the Hot 100. So, for Swift, all 12 of her current Hot 100 entries contribute to her points total for Hot 100 Songwriters. And since she’s credited as a cowriter on all 12 tracks with Max Martin and Shellback, the trio splits the points equally and therefore ties at No. 1 this week.

Swift, Max Martin and Shellback concurrently tie at No. 1 on the Hot 100 Producers chart, as they’re also each credited as coproducers on all 12 The Life of a Showgirl tracks. Swift reigns for an 18th week, matching Louis Bell for the fourth-most, while Max Martin and Shellback each lead for a fourth week.

The full Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts, plus those for other genres, can be found on Billboard.com.