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Albums Max Martin produced
The hidden hand behind three decades of number ones, the most successful pop songwriter of the modern era.
Max Martin is a Swedish songwriter and producer with more US number-one singles than anyone except Paul McCartney and John Lennon. This guide collects the albums carrying his hits, from Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time to The Weeknd's After Hours.
You've heard more Max Martin songs than you realise. The Swedish producer has quietly written and produced number-one hits across four decades and three generations of pop stars, almost never stepping into the spotlight himself.
He's a singles specialist, the man you call for the song that defines a record. These are the albums built around his hits.
- 1
Robyn Is Here
★ 4.0 · 6Long before the global stars, Martin produced "Show Me Love" for a teenage Robyn, one of his earliest international hits.
- 2
Millennium
★ 3.8 · 3Martin co-wrote and produced "I Want It That Way," the song that defined boy-band pop and remains his most beloved creation.
- 3
...Baby One More Time
★ 3.0 · 1Martin wrote and produced the title track that launched Britney and teen-pop's blockbuster era, arguably the most influential pop debut single of its decade.
- 4
Oops!...I Did It Again
★ 2.5 · 1He returned for the follow-up's title track, locking in the sound of turn-of-the-millennium pop.
- 5
No Strings Attached
★ 3.3 · 2Martin produced "It's Gonna Be Me," the group's only US number one and the peak of his boy-band run.
- 6
Breakaway
Be the first to rate"Since U Been Gone" fused pop and rock into a template the whole 2000s would copy.
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Teenage Dream
★ 3.8 · 271Martin produced much of the album that tied Michael Jackson's record of five number-one singles from a single LP.
- 9
1989
★ 4.0 · 35Martin's production helped Swift complete her move to pure pop, behind hits like "Blank Space" and "Shake It Off."
- 10
Sweetener
★ 4.2 · 771Martin co-wrote and produced "no tears left to cry," one of Grande's most ambitious singles.
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After Hours
★ 4.0 · 714Martin co-wrote and produced "Blinding Lights," which went on to become one of the biggest songs in chart history.
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