page_title: Max Martin
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caption_attribution_description: English: Max Martin in 2015.
context_page_description: Karl Martin Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to prominence in the late 1990s after making a string of hit singles such as Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time", the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way", and NSYNC's "It's Gonna Be Me".
  Martin has written or co-written 23 Billboard Hot 100 number-one songs, most of which he has also produced or co-produced, including Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl", Maroon 5's "One More Night", Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space", and The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights". Martin is the songwriter with the third-most number-one singles on the chart, behind only Paul McCartney and John Lennon. In addition, he is tied for the most Hot 100 number-one singles as a producer, 23, along with George Martin, who had achieved 23 by the time of his death.
  In early 2013, his single sales were tallied by The Hollywood Reporter to be at over 135 million. According to Variety, his net worth was approximately $260 million in 2017. The previous year he achieved approximately an income of $54 million and a profit of $19 million for his services.
context_section_description: Karl Martin Sandberg (Swedish: [ˈmǎʈːɪn ˈsân(d)bærj, - ˈsâmbærj]; born 26 February 1971), known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to prominence in the late 1990s after making a string of hit singles such as Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time" (1998), the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" (1999), and NSYNC's "It's Gonna Be Me" (2000).
  Martin has written or co-written 23 Billboard Hot 100 number-one songs, most of which he has also produced or co-produced, including Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" (2008), Maroon 5's "One More Night" (2012), Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space" (2014), and The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" (2019). Martin is the songwriter with the third-most number-one singles on the chart, behind only Paul McCartney (32) and John Lennon (26). In addition, he is tied for the most Hot 100 number-one singles as a producer, 23, along with George Martin, who had achieved 23 by the time of his death.
  In early 2013, his single sales were tallied by The Hollywood Reporter to be at over 135 million. According to Variety, his net worth was approximately $260 million in 2017. The previous year he achieved approximately an income of $54 million and a profit of $19 million for his services.
  Martin has won the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year award a record eleven times.
caption: Martin in 2015
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