11 Artists Who Wrote Hit Songs For Other Pop Musicians
Did you know Pharrell wrote one of Gwen Stefani's chart-toppers?
It's no secret that a lot of singers, especially in the pop genre, don’t write their own music. Most of the times, singers rely on other songwriters to write their lyrics, and you might have found out by now that some truly amazing hits like Whitney Houston’s "I Will Always Love You," were in reality penned by other artists, in this case the Queen of Country—Dolly Parton.
Frequently enough, songwriters become famous singers in their own right once they get to a point where they no longer want to simply sell the songs they write, which is, by the way, an extremely lucrative business once you start making money from selling tracks to big-name artists. Singer-songwriters like Pharrell and Sia have proven to be musical powerhouses, not only rising to the top of the charts themselves but helping other musicians get there, too.
Here, L’OFFICIEL rounds up 11 hit songs you didn’t know were written by other artists.
