Max Martin

Swedish record producer and songwriter

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2025 Martin appears on The Weeknd's sixth studio album Hurry Up Tomorrow, co-writing and/or producing songs including 'Open Hearts', 'Give Me Mercy', 'Drive', 'Society', 'Runaway', and the discarded lead single 'Dancing in the Flames'.
2024 Max Martin co-wrote and co-produced a majority of Coldplay's upcoming studio album Moon Music.
2024 Max Martin was involved in the creation of "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)," a number-one hit by Ariana Grande.
September 13 2024 Martin is set to appear on The Weeknd's sixth studio album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, producing the lead single 'Dancing in the Flames', which was released on September 13.
March 2024 Max Martin achieved his 27th number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, surpassing John Lennon and becoming the second-most successful songwriter on the chart, behind Paul McCartney.
January 12 2024 Ariana Grande released her lead single 'Yes, And?' from her seventh studio album Eternal Sunshine, which was co-written and produced by Max Martin.
2023 Max Martin's song 'A Beautiful Game' from the series Ted Lasso won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.
2023 Martin co-wrote and co-produced Conan Gray's singles 'Never Ending Song' and 'Killing Me', as well as Ed Sheeran's 'Eyes Closed'.
2023 Max Martin co-produced multiple songs from Taylor Swift's re-recorded album 1989 (Taylor's Version).
2022 Martin co-produced and co-wrote MÃ¥neskin's single 'Supermodel' and Lizzo's song '2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)'.
2022 He produced or co-produced the majority of the songs on The Weeknd's fifth studio album, Dawn FM.
2021 Max Martin co-wrote and produced "Save Your Tears," a number-one hit by The Weeknd and Ariana Grande.
2021 Martin co-wrote and co-produced 'Can I Get It' by Adele from her album '30'.
2021 'Music of the Spheres' debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart and became the album with most sales in a week in the United Kingdom since Ed Sheeran's 'No.6 Collaborations Project' in 2019.
2021 The song 'My Universe', featuring BTS and produced by Max Martin, debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Martin's twenty-fifth number one as a writer and twenty-third number one as a producer on the chart.
2021 Martin co-produced multiple songs from Taylor Swift's re-recorded album Red (Taylor's Version), including co-writing the newly added track 'Message in a Bottle'.
August 2021 Martin co-wrote and assisted in the production of 'Take My Breath', released in August.
June 2021 Coldplay announced their ninth studio album, 'Music of the Spheres', with Max Martin serving as the album's producer.
2020 Martin co-produced and co-wrote 'Stupid Love', the first single from Lady Gaga's album 'Chromatica'.
2020 He contributed to The Weeknd's fourth studio album, After Hours, with songs including 'Blinding Lights', which became a critical and commercial success.
2020 Martin co-wrote The Weeknd's hit single 'Save Your Tears'.
2019 Max Martin's song catalog was prominently featured in the stage musical & Juliet, which opened on the West End.
2019 Martin co-produced and co-wrote the hit single 'I Don't Care' by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber.
2019 Max Martin appeared as a keyboardist on two singles, 'Orphans' and 'Champion of the World', from Coldplay's eighth studio album 'Everyday Life'.
2019 Martin co-wrote and produced the singles 'Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored' for Ariana Grande's album Thank U, Next.
2019 Max Martin co-wrote the song '(Hey Why) Miss You Sometime' for Pink's eighth studio album 'Hurts 2B Human'.
2019 'Blinding Lights', co-written by Max Martin, became the best performing song of all time according to the Billboard chart.
2018 Max Martin won the Songwriter of the Year award.
2018 Martin co-wrote and produced songs for Ariana Grande's album Sweetener, including the singles 'No Tears Left to Cry' and 'God Is a Woman'.
2017 Max Martin won the Songwriter of the Year award.
2017 Max Martin worked with Taylor Swift on her album Reputation, co-writing and co-producing eight songs, including the singles '...Ready for It?', 'End Game', and 'Delicate'.
2017 Max Martin co-wrote numerous songs for Katy Perry's album 'Witness', including the lead single 'Chained to the Rhythm', which peaked at number 4.
2017 Max Martin co-wrote the songs 'Revenge', 'Whatever You Want', 'For Now', and 'Secrets' for Pink's seventh studio album 'Beautiful Trauma'.
2016 Max Martin was honored with the Polar Music Prize, which recognizes significant achievements in the music industry.
2016 Max Martin won the Songwriter of the Year award.
2016 Martin co-wrote 'Can't Stop the Feeling!' by Justin Timberlake for the film 'Trolls', which became a significant hit.
2016 Martin co-wrote and produced four songs from The Weeknd's third album, Starboy.
2016 Martin contributed to Ariana Grande's third studio album, Dangerous Woman, most notably producing the singles 'Dangerous Woman', 'Into You', and 'Side to Side', all of which peaked within the top twenty on the Billboard Hot 100.
2016 Max Martin co-wrote the song 'Just like Fire' for Pink.
2015 Max Martin won the Songwriter of the Year award.
2015 Max Martin worked on "Bad Blood," a number-one hit by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar.
2015 Martin worked with Selena Gomez on her album 'Revival', producing the single 'Hands to Myself'.
2015 Max Martin co-wrote and produced three songs from The Weeknd's sophomore album, Beauty Behind the Madness, including the number one Billboard Hot 100 hit 'Can't Feel My Face'.
November 2015 Martin co-wrote and co-produced Adele's album '25', including the single 'Send My Love (To Your New Lover)'.
September 17 2015 Martin produced the hit single 'On My Mind' from Ellie Goulding's album 'Delirium'.
July 2015 Martin produced Demi Lovato's song 'Cool for the Summer', which reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
January 2015 Martin co-wrote and co-produced Ellie Goulding's 'Love Me like You Do', which reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
2014 Max Martin won the Songwriter of the Year award.
2014 Martin co-wrote the song 'Dare (La La La)' for Shakira's self-titled album.
2014 Martin produced other songs from Ariana Grande's My Everything, including 'Break Free', which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and 'Bang Bang', which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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