Max Martin’s hospital stay lasted eight days. “It was eight days straight of agonizing pain, so I’d be sitting in there and I didn’t know what to do,” Max said.

Max Martin has been brought into the limelight more and more over the past few years, but for a period of time, he was a mysterious force behind the world's biggest pop music hits. Martin, whose ...

When looked at it in closer detail, Martin’s best songs also offer us something of a blueprint for ultra-effective pop songwriting. Max's skillset is something that all music-makers can learn from.

On March 6, Hit Songs Deconstructed, which analyzes top 10 Hot 100 hits, held its Max Martin Deconstructed Masterclass, revealing insights into his success.

From " Baby One More Time" to "Bad Blood," we've rounded up all 20 of super producer Max Martin's No. 1 singles Every pop star out there knows that if they want their song to be a hit, all they ...

But perhaps the biggest shocker was this: Max Martin just won his first Grammy. By sheer number of hits, the Swedish producer and songwriter is arguably the most accomplished pop music songwriter ...

Martin remains in third place among songwriters with the most No. 1s in the Hot 100’s 56-year history. He trails only Paul McCartney, with 32 No. 1s, and John Lennon (26).

Music is something Max Martin cannot live without. He said he constantly has to put his ideas down on paper, letting his ideas flow into a beat and, eventually, into a song.

In the mid-2000s, Martin hit a bit of a lull. He was still working, but with the disappointing likes of Twill, Darin, Bo Bice, Ashley Parker Angel, and other names that have been lost to history ...

The name is Max Martin, and it belongs to the publicity-shy 44-year-old Swedish songwriter and producer whose brilliant record-making straddles the line between art and science.

Max Martin is the 99th richest person in his native Sweden and it’s no wonder. According to Stockholm-based newspaper Expressen, Martin’s corporate entity reported income of around $54 million ...