Music Production: Max Martin Discography

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Music Production: Max Martin Discography
Karl Martin Sandberg, popularly known as Max Martin, is a Swedish producer and songwriter credited with producing hit records since the early 90s. The producer has worked with some of the most celebrated musicians in the industry: the Backstreet Boys, Celine Dion, NSYNC, Ace of Base, Britney spears, Kelly Clarkson, and Avril Lavigne and Adele, among others. These artists have been selected particularly for this assignment since their singles have attained the top positions in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (Gang and Kaneshiro) based on sales, radio play, and online streaming. The five records included in the discography include “oops I did it again” (Britney Spears), “shape of my heart (Backstreet Boys), “It’s gonna be me” (NSYNC), “since u been gone” (Kelly Clarkson), and “that’s the way it is” (Celine Dion).
The first record, “oops, I did it again,” is quite a complex production in terms of chord and melodic complexity more than the typical song. Despite being categorized as popular music, it is written in the key of C♯ minor, which is a common choice for similar music (Gang and Kaneshiro). The song has a moderate tempo that does not exceed a hundred beats per minute which is the standard for most pop music produced in the late 90s and early 2000s. Backstreet Boys’ shape of my heart, which is the lead single in their fourth album, has all the mandatory elements common for popular music during this era, including simple chords and harmonious choruses. However, it has a significant fundamental signature change due to the acoustic variations in the different stanzas. Although NYSNC’s song is quite similar to Backstreet’s song,...