Mariah, Top Female Producer with the Most Hot 100 #1s

Billboard has run down the list of writers with the most No. 1s all-time on the Hot 100 in "Ask Billboard" last week. This week, it recaps the producers with the most leaders. Mariah once again takes the lead for a female producer!

Again with assistance from Fred Bronson's "The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits," here is a look at the producers who've worked the board on the most Hot 100 No. 1s:


23, George Martin
16, Jimmy Jam
16, Terry Lewis
16, Steve Sholes
14, Mariah Carey
14, Barry Gibb
13, Lamont Dozier
13, Albhy Galuten
13, Brian Holland
13, Karl Richardson
13, Quincy Jones

Mariah Reigns as Female Songwriter with the Most #1s

This week's Ask Billboard lists the Songwriters with the Most Hot 100 #1s. Mariah tops the list for a female artist with 17 #1s, and no other female is even remotely close! Songwriter Diane Warren comes in at a distant 2nd with 9 #1s.

Here is a look at the leader board (compiled with assistance from Fred Bronson's invaluable "The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits"):

32, Paul McCartney
26, John Lennon
17, Mariah Carey
16, Barry Gibb
15, Brian Holland
14, Lamont Dozier
14, James Harris III
14, Terry Lewis
13, Robin Gibb
13, Eddie Holland
11, Jermaine Dupri
11, Maurice Gibb
11, Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald
11, Martin Karl "Max Martin" Sandberg

Reinforcing the timelessness of their craft, Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland are again scaling the Hot 100. The Motown legends appear as writers on Marsha Ambrosius' "Far Away," which rises 92-84.

And, Diane Warren has written nine Hot 100 No. 1s, with Brandy's "Have You Ever?" (1999) her last to-date. Warren graced the chart as a writer as recently as last month when Justin Bieber's "Born to Be Somebody" spent a week (March 5) at No. 74.