How to Use hitmaker in a Sentence

hitmaker

noun
  • In the meantime, the next 10 months are going to be rather eventful for the Stay With Me hitmaker.
    Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • But the hitmaker wasn't coming back alone: Blue Ivy joined her mom on stage for a duet.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
  • Steve Harwell, the former lead singer and co-founder of pop/rock hitmakers Smash Mouth, has died at the age of 56.
    Daniel Kohn, Spin, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Wexler played a massive role in bringing hitmakers to the Shoals.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The hitmaker is fresh off the finale of her Merry Christmas One and All!
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2023
  • In one black and white image that’s since gone viral, the hitmaker bared all and showed off his physique in the shower.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The end of the year tends to be a busy time for the hitmaker, who's released a handful of Christmas projects throughout her career.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
  • That’s why today, a new crop of regional hitmakers have been able to take the music to the next level.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 3 May 2023
  • The 35-year-old hitmaker shared that her dog, Pooka, passed away on Christmas Eve at the age of 18 in a series of posts on social media.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Dec. 2023
  • After the hearing, the hitmaker posted to Instagram to share footage of his speech.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
  • But the one thing the song had going for it that no other hitmaker had was that incredible voice.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • Shortly after the book hit shelves on Tuesday, the hitmaker took to social media to thank her fans for its success.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
  • And not for fashion, either — the hitmaker is creating a film about his life, told through Legos.
    Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Monét met Grande in 2013 and worked on the latter’s debut album, Yours Truly, and her career as a hitmaker blossomed from there.
    Danielle Kwateng, SELF, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The Canadian hitmaker’s ride’s been quite a blur, indeed.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Wilson, newly sober, had to be careful stepping back into the world of hitmakers.
    Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Ariana Grande has built such a mighty pop legacy over the past decade as one of the most consistently kicky hitmakers around — but also as one of the weirdest minds in the game.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024
  • According to Forbes, the We Found Love hitmaker is now the world’s richest female musician, with a $1.4 billion net worth.
    Jmcclain, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
  • But with her latest TikTok, the hitmaker faces a flurry of both support and criticism.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The track — which Joel first teased on Instagram on Jan. 22 — is both a love ballad and a message to the hitmaker's loyal fans, who have long waited for another new tune.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The hitmaker explained that he was tapped to write something for the Grammy-winning track, but didn’t know the electronic stars intended to keep his vocals on it.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
  • This week, the Latin hitmaker brought in a host of celebrity women for the summer-friendly track’s official video, released on Monday (June 26).
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 26 June 2023
  • There's a new generation of hitmakers in the Grant/Gill family.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 8 June 2023
  • In the wake of her success with Folklore and Evermore — both of which were released in 2020 — the hitmaker took to Instagram to share her new (and upgraded) album news.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Dripping in gold, Barrino delivered an act worthy of the hitmaker’s legacy and had the audience on their feet by the end of the performance.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Street’s Disciple feels like the end of Nas’s run as a mainstream hitmaker, though, as his last album to go platinum was largely ignored by radio.
    Al Shipley, Spin, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In recent years, TikTok has become something of a hitmaker.
    Mia Sato, The Verge, 7 Aug. 2023
  • At a recent concert in the City of Love, the 34-year-old hitmaker pulled down her pants to show off her rear end while twerking onstage — all of which was captured in an Instagram video posted the day after the show.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In her first Instagram post since then, the 35-year-old hitmaker sings, dances and poses her way through the streets of Japan, showing off her glam outfit and unbothered attitude.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Rodgers, who spoke with Variety about the album in 2018, was already a multiplatinum hitmaker via his work with Chic and Diana Ross.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Apr. 2023

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