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Max Martin

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Karl Martin Sandberg (born 26 February 1971), 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's "I Want It That Way" (1999), Celine Dion's "That's the Way It Is" (1999), and NSYNC's "It's Gonna Be Me" (2000). Martin has written or co-written 28 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles; 26 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" (2013), Maroon 5's "One More Night" (2012), Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off", "Blank Space" (2014) and "The Fate of Ophelia" (2025), and the Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face" (2015), "Blinding Lights" (2019) and "Save Your Tears" (2020). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Max Martin is the 60th most popular producer (down from 58th in 2024), the 800th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 731st in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Max Martin ranks 60 out of 140. Before him are Sam Warner, Harry Saltzman, Yoram Globus, Richard D. Zanuck, Kevin Feige, and Bang Si-hyuk. After him are Mario Cecchi Gori, Chris Blackwell, Robert Chartoff, Bob Weinstein, Sam Spiegel, and Charles Roven.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Max Martin ranks 186. Before him are Henry Thomas, Peter Franzén, Srirasmi Suwadee, Edílson, Paulina Rubio, and Necati Şaşmaz. After him are Mary J. Blige, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Song Il-gook, Moritz Bleibtreu, Renee O'Connor, and Sarah Kane.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Max Martin ranks 800 out of 1,879. Before him are Ann-Sofi Pettersson (1932), Tom Turesson (1942), Lisa Fonssagrives (1911), Georg Åberg (1893), Johan Ramstedt (1852), and Kurt Axelsson (1941). After him are Birger Sörvik (1879), Kjell Espmark (1930), Jean-Paul Vonderburg (1964), Brita Borg (1926), Hugo Wieslander (1889), and Gunnar Johansson (1924).

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Among PRODUCERS In Sweden

Among producers born in Sweden, Max Martin ranks 1. After him are Shellback (1985).

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