Martin Karl "Max Martin" Sandberg (born February 26, 1971) is an ASCAP-awarded and Grammy-nominated, Swedish music producer and songwriter. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and is best known by his pen name Max Martin. Breaking through as a producer and songwriter in the mid 1990s, he has crafted a string of hits for pop artists like Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, *NSYNC and Pink among many others.
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Martin Karl "Max Martin" Sandberg (born February 26, 1971) is an ASCAP-awarded and Grammy-nominated, Swedish music producer and songwriter. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and is best known by his pen name Max Martin. Breaking through as a producer and songwriter in the mid 1990s, he has crafted a string of hits for pop artists like Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, *NSYNC and Pink among many others.
His trademark during the second half of the 1990s and early 2000s was a danceable, piano/synth-laden pop sound that blended music styles such as funk, heavy metal and europop. However, with Kelly Clarkson's 2004 hits "Since U Been Gone" and "Behind These Hazel Eyes", Martin stepped back into the spotlight after reinventing himself with a heavier, rock-tinged sound. Since 2008, he has written and co-written five number one hits, including "So What" by Pink, "Hot N Cold" and "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You", and "3" by Britney Spears....
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