hitmaker

noun

hit·mak·er ˈhit-ˌmā-kər

variants or hit-maker

plural hitmakers or hit-makers

: one known for producing popular hits in the entertainment industry

… with Hollywood's alltime hitmaker anchoring the Sunday night lineup …—

Richard Corliss

especially : a popular and successful recording artist or group

… whose music is sampled and recycled by mainstream hitmakers, including Rihanna, Beyoncé, and Lil Wayne. —

Mark Guarino

hitmaking

ˈhit-ˌmā-kiŋ

adjective

or hit-making

Despite his hitmaking prowess, David is no manufactured teen dream. —

Matt Diehl

… the group was a hit-making machine through the 1980's … —

Jon Pareles

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Bad Bunny released his second solo single of the year on Thursday night, marking the introduction of a new blend of sounds for the hitmaker. —

Thania Garcia, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024 Despite being one of the most successful hitmakers of the past decade or two, Gaga has never claimed a No. 1 on the Adult Pop Airplay ranking…until now. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 After proving herself an A-level hitmaker, Beyoncé was now also becoming a standard-setter in all the other most important elements of pop stardom. —

Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2024 So 2 In the 2010s, Chicago drill-rap pioneer Chief Keef made headlines as a budding hitmaker whose criminal record presented hip-hop elders with a bogeyman to shoulder classic worries about song lyrics inspiring real-world violence. —

Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hitmaker