Adele tops UK album songwriters list

Adele has been named the top album and UK hit songwriter in the first quarter of 2011 due to the massive sales of her sophomore album.

The 'Rolling In The Deep' star has topped the chart for the top 20 album songwriter in the first quarter of the year, having co-written 10 out of 11 tracks on her multi-million selling album 21 and six out of 12 songs on her debut 19, which has also seen an increase in sales over the last few months.

Fellow 21 contributors have also placed highly on the list with Paul Epworth at three, Ryan Tedder at seven, Eg White at 12 and Fraser T Smith at 14, reports Music Week.

The Cure have also been helped by Adele with the inclusion of her cover version of their track 'Lovesong' on her album, which places them at joint seventh with Tedder.

The high sales of her first two records put her ahead of hit-making trio The Smeezingtons, who are placed at number two. The production team - including Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine - have had success in the first part of the year following contributions towards Mars's Doo-Wops and Hooligans and Cee Lo Green's The Lady Killer albums.

Adele also tops the UK Hit Songwriters list, with Jessica Cornish (Jessie J) coming in at number two for sales of her hit singles 'Do It Like A Dude' and 'Price Tag'. Patrick Okogwu (Tinie Tempah) is placed at number four following his wins at this year's BRIT awards and his launch in the US giving him a sales boost.

The Smeezingtons have managed to retain their top spot on the top 40 songwriters of quarter one list, having been overall winners for 2010. Hits including 'Grenade', 'Forget You' and Travie McCoy's 'Billionaire' helped them stay in pole position.

Adele is currently on course to top the UK album chart for a 13th week with 21, which passed the two million sales mark last week.

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