Sombr Is No. 1 on Hot 100 Songwriters Chart: ‘Songwriting Is Where It All Began for Me’

Sombr has emerged arsenic 1 of the hottest up-and-comers of 2025 acknowledgment to his breakout singles “Undressed” and “Back to Friends.” His momentum continues connected Billboard’s latest charts (dated Oct. 11), arsenic helium spends a 4th consecutive week astatine No. 1 connected the Hot 100 Songwriters ranking.

He continues his blistery streak astatine No. 1 acknowledgment to 3 songwriting credits connected the latest Billboard Hot 100: “Undressed” (No. 21), “Back to Friends” (No. 22) and “12 to 12” (No. 49). Sombr (real sanction Shane Boose) is the lone credited songwriter connected each 3 tracks, helping boost his illustration points connected Hot 100 Songwriters.

Sombr’s 4 weeks astatine No. 1 are the fifth-most successful 2025, aft Drake and Kendrick Lamar (10 weeks apiece), Charlie Handsome (six) and Mark Sonnenblick (five).

“Songwriting is wherever it each began for me, truthful to beryllium No. 1 among truthful galore unthinkable writers that I respect and respect is thing I bash not instrumentality for granted,” Sombr tells Billboard. “I wrote my medium wholly connected my ain successful my chamber erstwhile successful my teens, and to present beryllium No. 1 connected the Billboard songwriters illustration again, the aforesaid week Taylor Swift gave maine a shout-out, conscionable blows my mind. I’m conscionable truthful grateful for it all.”

He besides spends a 22nd week astatine No. 1 connected some the Rock & Alternative Songwriters and Alternative Songwriters charts and a 24th week atop Rock Songwriters.

Sombr besides rises 11-7 connected the latest Hot 100 Producers chart, hitting a caller precocious acknowledgment to his accumulation connected each 3 of his Hot 100 entries. Sombr is the sole shaper down “Back to Friends” and helium co-produced “Undressed and “12 to 12” with Tony Berg (who ranks astatine No. 23 connected Hot 100 Producers).

Sombr, Sabrina Carpenter and Jack Antonoff are the lone artists presently ranked successful the apical 10 of some the Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts. Carpenter ranks astatine No. 5 connected Hot 100 Songwriters and No. 9 connected Hot 100 Producers, portion Antonoff ranks astatine No. 7 connected Hot 100 Songwriters and No. 8 connected Hot 100 Producers.

Billboard’s songwriters charts are based connected full points accrued by a songwriter for each attributed opus that appears connected a respective “Hot” char...