Defining The Times: ASCAP Members Top Billboard's Hot 100 Songwriters List

Top 5 Songwriters are Timbaland, Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Pharrell Williams, Max Martin and Rob Thomas

With a combination of sharply-honed songwriting skills and daring innovation, ASCAP members have shattered Hot 100 chart records over the last decade, creating hits that not only break new ground, but have broken through to reach a massive audience. On Billboard's recent listing of the Top 20 Hot 100 Songwriters 2000-Present, ASCAP hitmakers claimed the top nine spots and a total of 13 on the top 20 list.

Billboard's Top 20 Hot 100 Songwriters, 2000-Present

1. Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley