Anna Sky Hulton
A recent survey has revealed the top 10 best songwriters of today and as you would expect the results cover a broad selection of pop, rock and dance. From musicians who were big in the 90s (and are still releasing songs) right up to the present day with the likes of Beyoncé and Lady Gaga.
The top 10 includes a mixture of artists from the UK such as Adele and Calvin Harris, as well as from across the pond including Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber.
10 - Damon Albarn
Known for being part of 90s Britpop band Blur and more recently Gorillaz, Damon Albarn has written many songs including the 90s anthems 'Girls & Boys' and 'Country House'.
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9 - Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber has been unstoppable in the charts recently featuring on tracks by David Guetta, Luis Fonsi and DJ Khaled, but did you know he is also a talented songwriter. Justin co-wrote all the tracks on his 'Purpose' album including his number 1 single 'Sorry'.
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Joint 7th - Calvin Harris
In 2014 he released 'Summer' which he not only wrote, but it also featured his vocals.
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Joint 7th - Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl was the drummer in Nirvana and founder and frontman of Foo Fighters, but he is also a talented songwriter, writing or co-writing many of his hits. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' was co-written by Dave with Nirvana band mates Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic.
Despite being released nearly three decades ago 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is still popular today and was used in the Hugh Jackman film Pan.
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Joint 5th - Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher was the primary songwriter for Oasis in the 90s and has also penned a number of tracks for his more recent band Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
'Don't Look Back in Anger' was written by Noel and became the unofficial anthem for Manchester following the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena on the 22nd May, here are Ariana Grande and Chris Martin performing it at the One Love Manchester concert.
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Joint 5th - Beyoncé
Beyoncé has co-written most of her songs, both solo and with Destiny's Child. Here is the video for her top 5 single 'Sweet Dreams'.
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4 - Lady Gaga
Before making it big as Lady Gaga, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was a songwriter for other well known artists including Britney Spears, New Kids on the Block, Fergie, and The Pussycat Dolls. She was later spotted and became an artist in her own right, writing most her own tracks, here is her most recent release which she co-wrote with her long time collaborator DJ White Shadow and a few others.
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3 - Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars hasn't just written many of his own songs including '24K Magic' and 'Grenade', he has also written for a number of high profile singers including Flo Rida ('Right Round'), Mike Posner ('Bow Chicka Wow Wow') and Mark Ronson ('Uptown Funk').
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Adele is an incredibly talented songwriter writing or co-writing nearly all the tracks on her three albums '19', '21' and '25'. Her comeback single in 2015 'Hello' went to number one around the world and became her second number one single.
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1 - Ed Sheeran
Earlier this year Ed joined us to perform 'Shape of You' using just a loop pedal:
These results were based on a survey conducted on behalf of BIC®, the stationery brand, which is running a new songwriting competition for people aged 13 to 24.
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