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On the songwriter-heavy “Alien Superstar,” non-sample artists include prominent vocal arranger Atia Boggs p/k/a Ink the ultra-hot Nova Wav songwriting duo of Brittany Coney and Denisia “Blu June” Andrews (with credit on eight “Renaissance” songs) the 57-year-old synthesizer and audio mixing wizard MIKE DEAN and even Beyonce’s husband Jay-Z, billed on the record as S. Nowadays there are beat gurus, sampling scholars, hook doctors, lyrics wizards, instrument aces and a whole host of people whose talents are being curated by, for the most part, Beyonce herself – the only individual with a writing credit on each of “Renaissance’s” 16 songs. Minus Beyonce herself, that leaves 16 original contributors whose work is unaccounted for.īeyoncé, ‘Renaissance’ Review Roundup: Critics Hail the New Album ‘Unmitigated Ecstasy’īut the size of that group speaks to Beyonce’s power to command top talent, her process and modern pop-songsmithing in general. The song that Warren called out for its 24 songwriters - the most we could find on any Beyonce track - has four samples (“I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred, “Moonraker” by the Foremost Poets, “Unique” by Danube Dance and a speech by Barbara Ann Teer) with a total of seven songwriters. Going back to her debut “Dangerously in Love” from 2003, we see 57 songwriters on 15 tracks, for 3.8 per song.
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With 16 songs, that’s an average of 10.6 credited songwriters per track.īy comparison, “Lemonade,” her 2016 tour de force and most recent LP, had 74 songwriters on its dozen tracks, for just over 6 writers per. “Renaissance” has 104 credited songwriters (including Beyonce herself), for a total of 170 songwriting credits (since several songwriters work on multiple tracks). Songwriting Legend Diane Warren Dragged on Twitter for Asking Why New Beyoncé Track Has 24 Writersīut a sampling boom doesn’t tell the whole story.