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Karl Martin Sandberg (born February 26, 1971), better known as [[AlliterativeName Max Martin]], is a Swedish songwriter + music producer. If you've listened to pop music since the late 1990s, there's a very strong chance you've heard at least some of his work, with a non-exhaustive selection of his lengthy credit list (in approximate chronological order) including Music/BritneySpears, the Music/BackstreetBoys, {{Music/NSync}}, {{Music/Robyn}}, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Pink}}, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/Maroon5, {{Music/Pitbull}}, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/JustinBieber, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/TheWeeknd, Music/EdSheeran, {{Music/Adele}}, Music/EllieGoulding, {{Music/Coldplay}}, {{Music/BTS}} and {{Music/Lizzo}}. Indeed, he's behind only Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles written, and behind only Music/TheBeatles' producer George Martin in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles produced.

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Karl Martin Sandberg (born February 26, 1971), better known as [[AlliterativeName Max Martin]], is a Swedish songwriter + music producer. If you've listened to pop music since the late 1990s, there's a very strong chance you've heard at least some of his work, with a non-exhaustive selection of his lengthy credit list (in approximate chronological order) including Music/BritneySpears, the Music/BackstreetBoys, {{Music/NSync}}, {{Music/Robyn}}, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Pink}}, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/Maroon5, {{Music/Pitbull}}, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/JustinBieber, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/TheWeeknd, Music/EdSheeran, {{Music/Adele}}, Music/EllieGoulding, {{Music/Coldplay}}, {{Music/BTS}} and {{Music/Lizzo}}. Indeed, he's behind only Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon in terms of most Billboard No No. 1 singles written, and behind only has the most Billboard No. 1 singles produced, having beaten Music/TheBeatles' producer George Martin in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles produced.
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Karl Martin Sandberg (born February 26, 1971), better known as [[AlliterativeName Max Martin]], is a Swedish songwriter + music producer. If you've listened to pop music since the 1990s, there's a very strong chance you've heard at least some of his work, with a non-exhaustive selection of his lengthy credit list (in approximate chronological order) including Music/BritneySpears, the Music/BackstreetBoys, {{Music/NSync}}, {{Music/Robyn}}, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Pink}}, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/Maroon5, {{Music/Pitbull}}, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/JustinBieber, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/TheWeeknd, Music/EdSheeran, {{Music/Adele}}, Music/EllieGoulding, {{Music/Coldplay}}, {{Music/BTS}} and {{Music/Lizzo}}. Indeed, he's behind only Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles written, and behind only Music/TheBeatles' producer George Martin in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles produced.

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Karl Martin Sandberg (born February 26, 1971), better known as [[AlliterativeName Max Martin]], is a Swedish songwriter + music producer. If you've listened to pop music since the late 1990s, there's a very strong chance you've heard at least some of his work, with a non-exhaustive selection of his lengthy credit list (in approximate chronological order) including Music/BritneySpears, the Music/BackstreetBoys, {{Music/NSync}}, {{Music/Robyn}}, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Pink}}, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/Maroon5, {{Music/Pitbull}}, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/JustinBieber, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/TheWeeknd, Music/EdSheeran, {{Music/Adele}}, Music/EllieGoulding, {{Music/Coldplay}}, {{Music/BTS}} and {{Music/Lizzo}}. Indeed, he's behind only Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles written, and behind only Music/TheBeatles' producer George Martin in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles produced.
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* GenreRouletteGenreRoulette: He got his start in the eighties with glam metal. Nowadays, his production catalog spans from pop, to pop-rock and synth-pop.

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Karl Martin Sandberg (born February 26, 1971), better known as [[AlliterativeName Max Martin]], is a Swedish songwriter + music producer. If you've listened to pop music since the 1990s, there's a very strong chance you've heard at least some of his work, with a non-exhaustive selection of his lengthy credit list (in approximate chronological order) including Music/BritneySpears, the Music/BackstreetBoys, {{Music/NSync}}, {{Music/Robyn}}, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Pink}}, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/MaroonFive, {{Music/Pitbull}}, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/JustinBieber, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/TheWeeknd, Music/EdSheeran, {{Music/Adele}}, Music/EllieGoulding, {{Music/Coldplay}}, {{Music/BTS}} and {{Music/Lizzo}}. Indeed, he's behind only Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles written, and behind only Music/TheBeatles' producer George Martin in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles produced.

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Karl Martin Sandberg (born February 26, 1971), better known as [[AlliterativeName Max Martin]], is a Swedish songwriter + music producer. If you've listened to pop music since the 1990s, there's a very strong chance you've heard at least some of his work, with a non-exhaustive selection of his lengthy credit list (in approximate chronological order) including Music/BritneySpears, the Music/BackstreetBoys, {{Music/NSync}}, {{Music/Robyn}}, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Pink}}, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/MaroonFive, Music/Maroon5, {{Music/Pitbull}}, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/JustinBieber, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/TheWeeknd, Music/EdSheeran, {{Music/Adele}}, Music/EllieGoulding, {{Music/Coldplay}}, {{Music/BTS}} and {{Music/Lizzo}}. Indeed, he's behind only Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles written, and behind only Music/TheBeatles' producer George Martin in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles produced.



* TheMentor: His was Denniz Pop, while he himself is the mentor to the likes of Rami Yacoub, Dr Luke, Benny Blanco, Shellback, Ali Payami, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Oscar Holter.

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* TheMentor: His was Denniz Pop, while he himself is the mentor to the likes of Rami Yacoub, Dr Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco, Shellback, Ali Payami, Cirkut, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Oscar Holter.
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By the late-2010s he had moved into more SynthPop territory, working with Music/TaylorSwift (producing much of ''Music/NineteenEightyNine''), Music/ArianaGrande and spearheading Music/TheWeeknd's GenreShift into mainstream pop, first with his mainstream breakthroughs (Ariana's "Love Me Harder" and his own "Can't Feel My Face") and then "Blinding Lights", among one of ''the most successful single of all time''.

As a person, Martin is [[Main/ReclusiveArtist notoriously reclusive]], rarely granting interviews, though he began to become more public in TheNewTwenties with the staging of ''Theatre/AndJuliet'', a jukebox musical based on his work.

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By the late-2010s he had moved into more SynthPop territory, working with Music/TaylorSwift (producing much of ''Music/NineteenEightyNine''), Music/ArianaGrande and spearheading Music/TheWeeknd's GenreShift into mainstream pop, first with his mainstream breakthroughs (Ariana's "Love Me Harder" and his own "Can't Feel My Face") and then "Blinding Lights", among one ''one of ''the the most successful single singles of all time''.

As a person, Martin is [[Main/ReclusiveArtist notoriously reclusive]], rarely granting interviews, though he began to become more public in TheNewTwenties with the staging of ''Theatre/AndJuliet'', a jukebox musical JukeboxMusical based on his work.
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By the late-2010s he had moved into more SynthPop territory, working with Music/TaylorSwift (producing much of ''Music/NineteenEightyNine''), Music/ArianaGrande and spearheading Music/TheWeeknd's GenreShift into mainstream pop, first with his mainstream breakthroughs (Ariana's "Love Me Harder" and his own "Can't Feel My Face") and then "Blinding Lights", ''the most successful single of all time''.

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By the late-2010s he had moved into more SynthPop territory, working with Music/TaylorSwift (producing much of ''Music/NineteenEightyNine''), Music/ArianaGrande and spearheading Music/TheWeeknd's GenreShift into mainstream pop, first with his mainstream breakthroughs (Ariana's "Love Me Harder" and his own "Can't Feel My Face") and then "Blinding Lights", among one of ''the most successful single of all time''.
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** Used in Music/BritneySpears' "Stronger", which refers to her and his earlier collaboration,"...Baby One More Time", with Spears singing "My loneliness ain't killing me no more" in "Stronger" versus "My loneliness is killing me" in "...Baby One More Time".
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* PhraseSaladLyrics: A favorite technique of his.
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Karl Martin Sandberg (born February 26, 1971), better known as [[AlliterativeName Max Martin]], is a Swedish songwriter + music producer. If you've listened to pop music since the 1990s, there's a very strong chance you've heard at least some of his work, with a non-exhaustive selection of his lengthy credit list (in approximate chronological order) including Music/BritneySpears, the Music/BackstreetBoys, {{Music/NSync}}, {{Music/Robyn}}, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Pink}}, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/MaroonFive, {{Music/Pitbull}}, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/JustinBieber, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/TheWeeknd, Music/EdSheeran, Music/DemiLovato, Music/SelenaGomez, {{Music/Adele}}, Music/EllieGoulding, Music/LanaDelRey, Music/LadyGaga, {{Music/Coldplay}}, {{Music/BTS}} and {{Music/Lizzo}}. Indeed, he's behind only Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles written, and behind only Music/TheBeatles' producer George Martin in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles produced.

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Karl Martin Sandberg (born February 26, 1971), better known as [[AlliterativeName Max Martin]], is a Swedish songwriter + music producer. If you've listened to pop music since the 1990s, there's a very strong chance you've heard at least some of his work, with a non-exhaustive selection of his lengthy credit list (in approximate chronological order) including Music/BritneySpears, the Music/BackstreetBoys, {{Music/NSync}}, {{Music/Robyn}}, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Pink}}, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/MaroonFive, {{Music/Pitbull}}, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/JustinBieber, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/TheWeeknd, Music/EdSheeran, Music/DemiLovato, Music/SelenaGomez, {{Music/Adele}}, Music/EllieGoulding, Music/LanaDelRey, Music/LadyGaga, {{Music/Coldplay}}, {{Music/BTS}} and {{Music/Lizzo}}. Indeed, he's behind only Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles written, and behind only Music/TheBeatles' producer George Martin in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles produced.
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Karl Martin Sandberg (born February 26, 1971), better known as [[AlliterativeName Max Martin]], is a Swedish songwriter + music producer. If you've listened to pop music since the 1990s, there's a very strong chance you've heard at least some of his work, with a non-exhaustive selection of his lengthy credit list (in approximate chronological order) including Music/BritneySpears, the Music/BackstreetBoys, {{Music/NSync}}, {{Music/Robyn}}, Music/CelineDion, Music/BonJovi, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/TheVeronicas, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Pink}}, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/MaroonFive, {{Music/Pitbull}}, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/JustinBieber, Music/CarlyRaeJepsen, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/TheWeeknd, Music/EdSheeran, Music/DemiLovato, Music/SelenaGomez, {{Music/Adele}}, Music/EllieGoulding, Music/LanaDelRey, Music/LadyGaga, {{Music/Coldplay}}, {{Music/BTS}} and {{Music/Lizzo}}. Indeed, he's behind only Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles written, and behind only Music/TheBeatles' producer George Martin in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles produced.

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Karl Martin Sandberg (born February 26, 1971), better known as [[AlliterativeName Max Martin]], is a Swedish songwriter + music producer. If you've listened to pop music since the 1990s, there's a very strong chance you've heard at least some of his work, with a non-exhaustive selection of his lengthy credit list (in approximate chronological order) including Music/BritneySpears, the Music/BackstreetBoys, {{Music/NSync}}, {{Music/Robyn}}, Music/CelineDion, Music/BonJovi, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/TheVeronicas, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Pink}}, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/MaroonFive, {{Music/Pitbull}}, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/JustinBieber, Music/CarlyRaeJepsen, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/TheWeeknd, Music/EdSheeran, Music/DemiLovato, Music/SelenaGomez, {{Music/Adele}}, Music/EllieGoulding, Music/LanaDelRey, Music/LadyGaga, {{Music/Coldplay}}, {{Music/BTS}} and {{Music/Lizzo}}. Indeed, he's behind only Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles written, and behind only Music/TheBeatles' producer George Martin in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles produced.
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As a person, Martin is [[Music/ReclusiveArtist notoriously reclusive]], rarely granting interviews, though he began to become more public in TheNewTwenties with the staging of ''Theatre/AndJuliet'', a jukebox musical based on his work.

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As a person, Martin is [[Music/ReclusiveArtist [[Main/ReclusiveArtist notoriously reclusive]], rarely granting interviews, though he began to become more public in TheNewTwenties with the staging of ''Theatre/AndJuliet'', a jukebox musical based on his work.



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!!His work provides examples of the following tropes:

* GenreRoulette
* JukeboxMusical: ''Theatre/AndJuliet''.
* LongRunner: He has been producing massive pop hits since the 1990s.
* TheMentor: His was Denniz Pop, while he himself is the mentor to the likes of Rami Yacoub, Dr Luke, Benny Blanco, Shellback, Ali Payami, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Oscar Holter.
* TruckDriversGearChange: Used in the Music/BackstreetBoys' "I Want It That Way", Music/BritneySpears' "Stronger", Music/KellyClarkson's "Since U Been Gone" and {{Music/Lizzo}}'s "Are You Ready (2 B Loved)".

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By the early [[TheNoughties Noughties]], the late-90s teen-pop style (sometimes called the "Cheiron Sound") was starting to date, and Martin's hits began to dry up (with Britney replacing him for most of her third album with [[Music/PharrellWilliams The Neptunes]]), until the mid-2000s when, drawing on his history in rock and metal, and with a new collaborator in guitar prodigy Lukasz "Dr Luke" Gottwald, he reinvented himself as a producer of bombastic pop-rock, spearheaded by his work with Music/KellyClarkson, {{Music/Pink}}, Music/TheVeronicas and Music/AvrilLavigne, before finding even greater success in the late-2000s/early-2010s dance-pop boom, scoring hits with Spears, Music/KatyPerry (producing the majority of ''Music/TeenageDream''), {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/NickiMinaj and Music/JustinBieber.

By the late-2010s he had moved into more SynthPop territory, working with Music/TaylorSwift (producing much of ''Music/1989''), Music/ArianaGrande and spearheading Music/TheWeeknd's GenreShift into mainstream pop, first with his mainstream breakthroughs (Ariana's "Love Me Harder" and his own "Can't Feel My Face") and then "Blinding Lights", ''the most successful single of all time''.

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By the early [[TheNoughties Noughties]], the late-90s teen-pop style (sometimes called the "Cheiron Sound") was starting to date, and Martin's hits began to dry up (with Britney replacing him for most of her third album with [[Music/PharrellWilliams The Neptunes]]), until the mid-2000s when, drawing on his history in rock and metal, and with a new collaborator in guitar prodigy Lukasz "Dr Luke" Gottwald, he reinvented himself as a producer of bombastic pop-rock, spearheaded by his work with Music/KellyClarkson, {{Music/Pink}}, Music/TheVeronicas and Music/AvrilLavigne, before finding even greater success in the late-2000s/early-2010s dance-pop boom, scoring hits with Spears, Music/KatyPerry (producing the majority of ''Music/TeenageDream''), Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/NickiMinaj and Music/JustinBieber.

By the late-2010s he had moved into more SynthPop territory, working with Music/TaylorSwift (producing much of ''Music/1989''), ''Music/NineteenEightyNine''), Music/ArianaGrande and spearheading Music/TheWeeknd's GenreShift into mainstream pop, first with his mainstream breakthroughs (Ariana's "Love Me Harder" and his own "Can't Feel My Face") and then "Blinding Lights", ''the most successful single of all time''.



* Music/Five
* Music/AceOfBase
* Music/BryanAdams
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* Music/ChristinaAguilera
* {{Music/Aha}}



* Music/GaryBarlow
* Music/JustinBieber
* Music/BonJovi
* Music/KellyClarkson
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* Music/TaioCruz
* Music/DefLeppard
* Music/LanaDelRey
* Music/CelineDion



* Music/SelenaGomez



* {{Music/Halsey}}
* Creator/VanessaHudgens
* Music/CarlyRaeJepsen
* Music/JessieJ
* Music/JonasBrothers
* {{Music/Kelis}}



* Music/AdamLambert



* {{Music/Lizzo}}
* Music/CherLloyd
* Music/JenniferLopez
* Music/DemiLovato
* {{Music/Maneskin}}
* Music/MaroonFive
* Music/NickiMinaj



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!!Albums produced:

* Music/MachineGunKelly - ''Music/TicketsToMyDownfall'' - 2020
* Jxdn - ''Tell Me About Tomorrow'' - 2021
* [=LilHuddy=] - ''Teenage Heartbreak'' - 2021
* Music/AvrilLavigne - ''Love Sux'' - 2022

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* Jxdn - ''Tell Me About Tomorrow'' - 2021
Music/CarrieUnderwood
* [=LilHuddy=] - ''Teenage Heartbreak'' - 2021
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* Music/AvrilLavigne - ''Love Sux'' - 2022[[Music/BlackEyedPeas will.i.am]]

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Karl Martin Sandberg (born February 26, 1971), better known as [[AlliterativeName Max Martin]], is a Swedish songwriter + music producer. If you've listened to pop music since the 1990s, there's a very strong chance you've heard at least some of his work, with a non-exhaustive selection of his lengthy credit list (in approximate chronological order) including Music/BritneySpears, the Music/BackstreetBoys, {{Music/NSync}}, {{Music/Robyn}}, Music/BonJovi, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/TheVeronicas, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Pink}}, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, {{Music/Pitbull}}, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/JustinBieber, Music/CarlyRaeJepsen, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/TheWeeknd, Music/EdSheeran, Music/DemiLovato, Music/SelenaGomez, {{Music/Adele}}, Music/EllieGoulding, Music/LanaDelRey, Music/LadyGaga, {{Music/BTS}} and {{Music/Lizzo}}. Indeed, he's behind only Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles written, and behind only Music/TheBeatles' producer George Martin in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles produced.

Martin began his music career in the 1980s, originally as the lead singer of the GlamMetal band It's Alive, who got signed in 1991 to Cheiron Records, whose label head Denniz Pop saw his talent for pop songwriting, mentoring him at the label's namesake studios. By the mid-to-late 90s, the two had found international success producing hits for Music/AceOfBase and the Music/BackstreetBoys, which they continued through to the end of the decade working with acts such as {{Music/Robyn}}, {{Music/NSync}} and {{Music/5ive}}. However, by that point, Pop was severely ill with stomach cancer, dying in 1998 at the tragically young age of 35, with the last song the two worked on together being Music/BritneySpears' "...Baby One More Time". Martin then took over as the head of Cheiron Studios, mentoring a young producer named Rami Yacoub in the same way Pop had done for him.

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Karl Martin Sandberg (born February 26, 1971), better known as [[AlliterativeName Max Martin]], is a Swedish songwriter + music producer. If you've listened to pop music since the 1990s, there's a very strong chance you've heard at least some of his work, with a non-exhaustive selection of his lengthy credit list (in approximate chronological order) including Music/BritneySpears, the Music/BackstreetBoys, {{Music/NSync}}, {{Music/Robyn}}, Music/CelineDion, Music/BonJovi, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/TheVeronicas, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Pink}}, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/MaroonFive, {{Music/Pitbull}}, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/JustinBieber, Music/CarlyRaeJepsen, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/TheWeeknd, Music/EdSheeran, Music/DemiLovato, Music/SelenaGomez, {{Music/Adele}}, Music/EllieGoulding, Music/LanaDelRey, Music/LadyGaga, {{Music/Coldplay}}, {{Music/BTS}} and {{Music/Lizzo}}. Indeed, he's behind only Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles written, and behind only Music/TheBeatles' producer George Martin in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles produced.

Martin began his music career in the 1980s, originally as the lead singer of the GlamMetal band It's Alive, who got signed in 1991 to Cheiron Records, whose label head Denniz Pop saw his talent for pop songwriting, mentoring him at the label's namesake studios. By the mid-to-late 90s, the two had found international success producing hits for Music/AceOfBase and the Music/BackstreetBoys, which they continued through to the end of the decade working with acts such as {{Music/Robyn}}, {{Music/NSync}} and {{Music/5ive}}.{{Music/Five}}. However, by that point, Pop was severely ill with stomach cancer, dying in 1998 at the tragically young age of 35, with the last song the two worked on together being Music/BritneySpears' "...Baby One More Time". Martin then took over as the head of Cheiron Studios, mentoring a young producer named Rami Yacoub in the same way Pop had done for him. With Yacoub, Martin then produced a further series of hits for Backstreet, Spears and Music/CelineDion before closing Cheiron in 2000, opening his own studio, Maratone, which then became his current companies MXM and Wolf Cousins.

By the early [[TheNoughties Noughties]], the late-90s teen-pop style (sometimes called the "Cheiron Sound") was starting to date, and Martin's hits began to dry up (with Britney replacing him for most of her third album with [[Music/PharrellWilliams The Neptunes]]), until the mid-2000s when, drawing on his history in rock and metal, and with a new collaborator in guitar prodigy Lukasz "Dr Luke" Gottwald, he reinvented himself as a producer of bombastic pop-rock, spearheaded by his work with Music/KellyClarkson, {{Music/Pink}}, Music/TheVeronicas and Music/AvrilLavigne, before finding even greater success in the late-2000s/early-2010s dance-pop boom, scoring hits with Spears, Music/KatyPerry (producing the majority of ''Music/TeenageDream''), {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, Music/NickiMinaj and Music/JustinBieber.

By the late-2010s he had moved into more SynthPop territory, working with Music/TaylorSwift (producing much of ''Music/1989''), Music/ArianaGrande and spearheading Music/TheWeeknd's GenreShift into mainstream pop, first with his mainstream breakthroughs (Ariana's "Love Me Harder" and his own "Can't Feel My Face") and then "Blinding Lights", ''the most successful single of all time''.

As a person, Martin is [[Music/ReclusiveArtist notoriously reclusive]], rarely granting interviews, though he began to become more public in TheNewTwenties with the staging of ''Theatre/AndJuliet'', a jukebox musical based on his work.

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* Music/BackstreetBoys
* Music/ArianaGrande
* Music/EllieGoulding
* {{Music/Kesha}}
* Music/LadyGaga
* Music/AvrilLavigne
* {{Music/NSync}}
* {{Music/Pink}}
* {{Music/Pitbull}}
* {{Music/Robyn}}
* Music/EdSheeran
* Music/BritneySpears
* Music/TaylorSwift
* Music/JustinTimberlake
* Music/TheWeeknd

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!!Albums produced:

* Music/MachineGunKelly - ''Music/TicketsToMyDownfall'' - 2020
* Jxdn - ''Tell Me About Tomorrow'' - 2021
* [=LilHuddy=] - ''Teenage Heartbreak'' - 2021
* Music/AvrilLavigne - ''Love Sux'' - 2022
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Karl Martin Sandberg (born February 26, 1971), better known as [[AlliterativeName Max Martin]], is a Swedish songwriter + music producer. If you've listened to pop music since the 1990s, there's a very strong chance you've heard at least some of his work, with a non-exhaustive selection of his lengthy credit list (in approximate chronological order) including Music/BritneySpears, the Music/BackstreetBoys, {{Music/NSync}}, {{Music/Robyn}}, Music/BonJovi, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/TheVeronicas, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/KatyPerry, {{Music/Pink}}, {{Music/Kesha}}, {{Music/Usher}}, {{Music/Pitbull}}, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/JustinBieber, Music/CarlyRaeJepsen, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/TheWeeknd, Music/EdSheeran, Music/DemiLovato, Music/SelenaGomez, {{Music/Adele}}, Music/EllieGoulding, Music/LanaDelRey, Music/LadyGaga, {{Music/BTS}} and {{Music/Lizzo}}. Indeed, he's behind only Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles written, and behind only Music/TheBeatles' producer George Martin in terms of most Billboard No 1 singles produced.

Martin began his music career in the 1980s, originally as the lead singer of the GlamMetal band It's Alive, who got signed in 1991 to Cheiron Records, whose label head Denniz Pop saw his talent for pop songwriting, mentoring him at the label's namesake studios. By the mid-to-late 90s, the two had found international success producing hits for Music/AceOfBase and the Music/BackstreetBoys, which they continued through to the end of the decade working with acts such as {{Music/Robyn}}, {{Music/NSync}} and {{Music/5ive}}. However, by that point, Pop was severely ill with stomach cancer, dying in 1998 at the tragically young age of 35, with the last song the two worked on together being Music/BritneySpears' "...Baby One More Time". Martin then took over as the head of Cheiron Studios, mentoring a young producer named Rami Yacoub in the same way Pop had done for him.

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