You remember the huge 2007/2008 hit “Apologize” by OneRepublic and Timbaland? A lot of people believe that the song was originally written by Timbaland and that it was OneRepublic’s first song. Both assumptions aren’t true. ”Apoligize” was originally written by Ryan Tedder and produced by Greg Wells. The Timbaland-version was a remix of the song for Timbaland’s own album. Ryan Tedder has also co-written and produced Leona Lewis’ big winter hit “Bleeding Love” and has collaborated with other artists like Beyoncé, Ashley Tisdale, Hillary Duff, James Morrison, Jennifer Lopez and even German casting-girlband “Monrose” (in one year you won’t remember this name anymore). You may wonder now, who Ryan Tedder actually is: He is OneRepublic’s frontman. Yep, he’s far more than just the Band’s good-looking figurehead.

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So, here’s the next remarkable Songwriter: Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald – also known as Dr. Luke or Doctor Luke, Luke Gottwald or Lukasz Gottwald. He often collaborates with Max Martin, for example for Katy Perry’s “Hot N Cold” and “I Kissed A Girl”. He started his career as a guitarist for Saturday Night Life, is living in New York City, doesn’t want to listen to your demos any more and, oh, he’s a swinger according to his MySpace-Page!

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Most people don’t know who actually Max Martin is, but they definitely know his music! Max Martin is my oh-so-favourite Songwriter and Producer! His style of music has extremely influenced the pop music around the turn of the millenium – without him *NSync, the Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears and many, many more would have sounded quite differently. … read on!