Editing Max Martin (section)

{{short description|Swedish record producer and songwriter (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Max Martin
| image              = MaxMartin.jpg
| caption            = Martin in 2023
| birth_name         = Karl Martin Sandberg
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|2|26}}
| birth_place        = [[Stockholm]], Sweden
| other_names        = Martin White
| occupation         = {{hlist|Record producer|songwriter}}
| years_active       = 1984–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|Jenny Petersson|2011}}
| children           = 1
| awards             = [[#Awards and nominations|Full list]]
| module             = {{infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background       = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Pop music|Pop]]
*[[Dance music|dance]]
*[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
*[[Rock music|rock]]
}}
| label            = {{flatlist|
*[[Jive Records|Jive]]
*[[Cheiron Studios|Cheiron]]
*[[RCA Records|RCA]]
*[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
*[[LaFace Records|LaFace]]
*[[Island Records|Island]]
*[[Location Songs]]
*[[Bertelsmann Music Group|Bertelsmann]]
*[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
*[[Maratone Studios|Maratone]]
*MxM
}}
| past_member_of  = {{flatlist|
*[[It's Alive (band)|It's Alive]]
}}
| website          = 
}}
}}

'''Karl Martin Sandberg''' (born 26 February 1971),<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Seabrook |first1=John |title=Blank Space: What Kind of Genius is Max Martin? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/blank-space-what-kind-of-genius-is-max-martin |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=30 September 2015 |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |access-date=17 May 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003012546/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/blank-space-what-kind-of-genius-is-max-martin |archive-date=3 October 2015 }}</ref><ref name=bio>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/max-martin-mn0000394427/biography Max Martin]. AllMusic</ref> known professionally as '''Max Martin''', is a Swedish record producer and songwriter. He rose to prominence in the late 1990s with songwriting credits on a string of hit singles, such as [[Britney Spears]]'s "[[...Baby One More Time]]" (1998), the [[Backstreet Boys]]' "[[I Want It That Way]]" (1999), [[Celine Dion]]'s  "[[That's the Way It Is (Celine Dion song)|That's the Way It Is]]" (1999)  and [[NSYNC]]'s "[[It's Gonna Be Me]]" (2000).<!-- THESE EXAMPLES ARE PLENTY; PLEASE DISCUSS CHANGED OR ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES ON THE TALK PAGE, THANKS. -->

Martin has written or co-written 27 [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] number-one singles; 25 of which he has produced or co-produced, an all-time record for the chart as of March 2024. His credits include [[Katy Perry]]'s "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" (2008) and "[[Roar (song)|Roar]]" (2013), [[Maroon 5]]'s "[[One More Night (Maroon 5 song)|One More Night]]" (2012), [[Taylor Swift]]'s "[[Shake It Off]]" and "[[Blank Space]]" (2014), and [[the Weeknd]]'s "[[Blinding Lights]]" (2019) and "[[Save Your Tears]]" (2020).<!-- FOUR EXAMPLES IS PLENTY- please discuss on the talk page before changing the examples used – thanks --> "Blinding Lights" is the [[List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones|best performing song of all time]] according to the chart.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Is Officially The Longest-Charting Hot 100 Hit Of All Time |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2021/08/16/the-weeknds-blinding-lights-is-officially-the-longest-charting-hot-100-hit-of-all-time/ |access-date=28 December 2021 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=helene-taktical |date=12 November 2015 |title=Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-hot-100-singles/ |access-date=4 August 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> Martin has written the second-[[List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones#Songwriter achievements|most number-one singles on the chart]], behind only [[Paul McCartney]] (32), having surpassed [[John Lennon]] (26) with his 27th number one in March 2024.<ref name="Trust">{{cite magazine|last1=Trust|first1=Gary|title=Ask Billboard: Max Martin Notches Another No. 1|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6327746/ask-billboard-max-martin-notches-another-no-1|magazine=Billboard|access-date=26 November 2014|date=25 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Molanphy |first=Chris |date=22 March 2024 |title=Ariana Grande's Latest Chart-Topper Turns the Controversy Into Jet Fuel |url=https://slate.com/culture/2024/03/ariana-grande-billboard-eternal-sunshine-we-cant-be-friends-lyrics.html |access-date=24 March 2024 |work=Slate |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/ariana-grande-we-cant-be-friends-hot-100-number-one-debut/ | title=Ariana Grande's 'We Can't Be Friends' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref> Many of Martin's hits were used in the 2019 jukebox musical ''[[& Juliet]]''.

In early 2013, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' tallied his singles sales at over 135 million copies.<ref name=Ostroff>{{cite news|title=THR's Hitmakers 2013: How Producer Max Martin Sold 135 Million Songs|date=6 February 2013|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/britney-spears-pink-how-max-418097|author=Bronson, Fred |work=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Max Martin Just Won His First Grammy After 54 Top 10 Songs (20 More Than The Beatles)|date=9 February 2015|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/02/09/max-martin-grammy_n_6249984.html|author=Ostroff, Joshua |work=Huffington Post}}</ref>

According to ''Variety'', his net worth was approximately $260&nbsp;million in 2017; the previous year, his corporate entity generated revenue of $54&nbsp;million with a profit of $19&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/music/news/max-martin-earnings-2016-million-1202537501/|title=Hitmaker Max Martin Made $19 Million Last Year, a 22% Increase Over 2015|date=23 August 2017|work=Variety|access-date=29 June 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Martin has won the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]] Songwriter of the Year award for a record of 11 times.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nylin |first1=Lars |title=Subject 11: the Ascap Price According to Max Martin |url=http://www.musikindustrin.se/2018/04/24/forlag-11e-ascap-priset-i-foljd-for-max-martin/ |website=Musikindustrin |language=sv |date=24 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Max Martin Takes Songwriter of the Year for 10th Time; Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself" Is Song of the Year at 34th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards|url=https://www.ascap.com/press/2017/05-18-pop-awards|website=ASCAP.com|publisher=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]]|access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=John Mellencamp, Walk The Moon and Max Martin Receive Top Honors at 33rd Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards|url=https://www.ascap.com/press/2016/33rd-annual-ascap-pop-music-awards|website=ASCAP.com|publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref> He has also won five [[Grammy Awards]], including [[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical|Producer of the Year]], and nominations for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] and two [[Golden Globe Awards]].