Max Martin – $260 million
Greatest Hits: Baby One More Time, It’s Gonna Be Me, I Want It That Way
One of our most contemporary authors is Max Martin. Born in Sweden, Britney Spears (“…Baby One More Time”), The Backstreet Boys (“I Want It That Way”), and NYSNC (“It’s Gonna Be Me”) have composed a hit string for them. On the Billboard Charts, he wrote twenty-two number one songs. He’s produced several of these hits as well. He also wrote for Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Weeknd, and Taylor Swift. In the number one singles, he’s written, he’s behind Paul McCartney and George Martin.
Max Martin
Allen Toussaint – $3 million
Greatest Hits: Working in the Coal Mine, Yes We Can Can, Java
Allen Toussaint was one of New Orleans’ most prominent rhythm-and-blues genre figures, born in Gert Town, Louisiana. In the 1950s, he began his career and was defined as a “backroom figure” for his writing and composition. Songs such as “Fortune Teller,” “Working in the Coal Mine,” “Java,” “Mother – in – Law,” and he wrote more. He also produced some big hits, including “Lady Marmalade” and “Right Place, Wrong Time.” As an elderly neighbor’s boy, he learned to play the piano. His dad played the trumpet as well and worked on the railway.
Allen Toussaint
