Max Martin’s Hot 100 No. 1s as a Songwriter, From ‘…Baby One More Time’ to ‘Patient Zero’

Trending on Billboard Max Martin first hit the Billboard Hot 100 dated Oct. 28, 1995, as cowriter of Backstreet Boys’ first hit, “We’ve Got It Goin’ On,” a foretelling title for both the boy band and Martin. The group would go on to massive success, and Martin, too. The Swedish songwriter and producer’s history includes an astounding 28 No. 1 hits as a writer on the Hot 100, a run that began in January 1999 with Britney Spears’ debut smash, “…Baby One More Time” (a title that would also prove prophetic). Among his other triumphs, he cowrote and coproduced the No. 1 hit on the Hot 100’s Greatest of All Time Songs retrospective, as announced in 2021: The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights.” When Martin first reached the Hot 100 as a writer, Taylor Swift was 5 years old. In 2012, their cowrite, also with Shellback, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” became her first leader on the list. As of October 2026, the trio has landed seven No. 1 compositions, through Swift’s “Patient Zero,” her 16th chart-topping song overall. The three worked on all of her 2025 LP The Life of a Showgirl during her The Eras Tour. “When I was on tour in Stockholm, I had Max Martin come out to the show, and I was talking to him, and I was like, ‘I just feel like we could knock it out of the park if we went back in,’” she shared on Instagram upon announcing the album. “I essentially said to him, ‘I want to be as proud of it as an album as I am of The Eras Tour,’” Swift mused. “And he was like, ‘Do you understand what kind of pressure that is?’ I know the pressure I’m putting on this record by saying that, but I don’t care because I love it that much. It just comes from the most infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place I was in in my life.” From Britney Spears to Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and more pop stars in between, browse the gallery below of Max Martin’s catalog of melodic Hot 100 No. 1 hits that he’s achieved as a songwriter. “…Baby One More Time,” Britney Spears Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Date Reached No. 1: Jan. 30, 1999 “It’s Gonna Be Me,” ‘NSYNC Image Credit: Tim Roney/Getty Images July 29, 2000 “I Kissed a Girl,” Katy Perry Image Credit: Courtesy Photo July 5, 2008 “So What,” P!nk Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Sept. 27, 2008 “My Life Would Suck Without You,” Kelly Clarkson Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Feb. 7, 2009 “3,” Britney Spears Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Oct. 24, 2009 “California Gurls,” Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg Image Credit: Michael Caulfield/Getty Images for VH1 June 19, 2010 “Teenage Dream,” Katy Perry Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Sept. 18, 2010 “Raise Your Glass,” P!nk Image Credit: Mazur AMA 2010/WireImage Dec. 11, 2010 “Hold It Against Me,” Britney Spears Image Credit: Randee St Nicholas Jan. 29, 2011 “E.T.,” Katy Perry feat. Kanye West Image Credit: Courtesy Photo April 9, 2011 “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.),” Katy Perry Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Aug. 27, 2011 “Part of Me,” Katy Perry Image Credit: Vera Anderson/WireImage March 3, 2012 “One More Night,” Maroon 5 Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Sept. 29, 2012 “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” Taylor Swift Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Sept. 1, 2012 “Roar,” Katy Perry Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Sept. 14, 2013 “Dark Horse,” Katy Perry feat. Juicy J Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Feb. 8, 2014 “Shake It Off,” Taylor Swift Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Sept. 6, 2014 “Blank Space,” Taylor Swift Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Nov. 29, 2014 “Bad Blood,” Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar Image Credit: Courtesy Photo June 6, 2015 “Can’t Feel My Face,” The Weeknd Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Aug. 22, 2015 “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” Justin Timberlake Image Credit: Courtesy Photo May 28, 2016 “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd Image Credit: Nabil Elderkin April 4, 2020 “Save Your Tears,” The Weeknd & Ariana Grande Image Credit: Courtesy Photo May 8, 2021 “My Universe,” Coldplay X BTS Image Credit: James Marcus Haney, Hae Jae Young, Kim So Jung Oct. 9, 2021 “Yes, And?,” Ariana Grande Image Credit: Katia Temkin Jan. 27, 2024 “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love),” Ariana Grande Image Credit: Courtesy Photo March 23, 2024 “The Fate of Ophelia,” Taylor Swift Image Credit: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot Oct. 18, 2025 “Opalite,” Taylor Swift Image Credit: Courtesy of Republic Records Feb. 28, 2026 “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” Ariana Grande Image Credit: Katia Temkin June 13, 2026 “Patient Zero,” Taylor Swift Image Credit: TAS Rights Management Oct. 10, 2026