Swedish composer Max Martin as big as The Beatles in US

With four songs the same week on the Billboard Hot 100's ten top spots composer Max Martin equals The Beatles 46 year old record.

The last time this previously occurred was on 4 April 1964, when four songs by John Lennon and Paul McCartney ruled the US singles chart. It was The Beatles own recordings of Can't Buy Me Love, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand and Please, Please Me that made the achievement. When it comes to Max Martin, his US top ten songs are performed by Pink, Usher, Taio Cruz and Katy Perry.

Another Swedish composer, Johan "Shellback" Schuster, 25, has co-written two of the songs, Raise Your Glass and DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love.

– It’s hard to really understand how big this is. Max Martin’s songwriting has literally exploded in the US over the last couple of years. Going from having written two US number-one hits in 1999 and 2000, he has since July 2008 achived to reach the number one spot six times and held the position for a total of 19 weeks, says Susanne Bodin, Stim’s Head of PR & Communications.

Excerpt from Billboard Hot 100, November 13, 2010

6. DJ Got Us Fallin in Love (Recorded by Usher)
Written by Max Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha and Armando Perez  

8. Teenage Dream (Recorded by Katy Perry)
Written by Max Martin, Katy Perry, Dr Luke, Benjamin Levin and Bonnie McKee

9. Dynamite (Recorded by Taio Cruz)
Written by Max Martin, Taio Cruz, Dr Luke, Benjamin Levin and Bonnie McKee

10. Raise Your Glass (Recorded by Pink)
Written by Max Martin, Shellback and Pink

Max Martin’s US number-one hits

Baby One More Time (Recorded by Britney Spears) 30 January 1999, 2 weeks
It's Gonna Be Me (Recorded by N’SYNC) 29 July 2000, 2 weeks
I Kissed a Girl (Recorded by Katy Perry) 5 July 2008, 7 weeks
So What (Recorded by Pink) 27 September 2008, 1 week
My Life Would Suck Without You (Recorded by Kelly Clarkson) 7 February 2009, 2 weeks
3 (Recorded by Britney Spears) 24 October 2009, 1 week
California Gurls (Recorded by Katy Perry) 19 June 2010, 6 weeks
Teenage Dream (Recorded by Katy Perry) 18 September 2010, 2 weeks