Max Martin has thirteen #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. He just co-wrote and co-produced “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” by Taylor Swift, which stands a good chance at being her first #1 single on the charts (yes, her first), so it may not be long before he has fourteen. Let’s check out some of Max Martin’s best modern work, as we dial back his biggest hits from 2001-2012.

SAMPLED is a column that examines the skeletal production of a contemporary Rap/R&B/Hip-Hop or Pop song. From what song did the loop, sample, or chopped up vocal providing the backbone for a new interpretation originate? This week, the sample is taken from State Farm Insurance’s “We Are Farmers” jingle.

After being surprised about winning every award possible, Taylor Swift is finally ready to follow-up her massively successful 2010 record Speak Now. In a live webchat last night, Taylor Swift revealed that her new album Red will be released on October 22nd, and played its new single for her fans. Have a listen to what is undoubtedly Taylor Swift’s poppiest (and least country-ish) single to date

Max Martin was the millennial torch-bearer to Sweden’s continual reign over saccharine, ridiculously catchy pop gems. For the first time on Friday Mixtape, we’re splitting the producer’s work into two parts, because Max Martin is one of the most prolific and successful pop producers for the last two decades. First, we’ll look at his look from 1994 through to 2000.

The same way Kanye West plucked Bon Iver from a genre disparate from his own for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, he’s singled out another unlikely collaborator for his next record. This guy is a bit more, erm, lively than Bon Iver, though.

SAMPLED is a column that examines the skeletal production of a contemporary Rap/R&B/Hip-Hop or Pop song. From what song did the loop, sample, or chopped up vocal providing the backbone for a new interpretation originate? This week, the sample is taken from KoRn’s 1999 nu-metal hit “Falling Away From Me.”

The third single from 2 Chainz’ Based On A T.R.U. Story is set for an official release on Tuesday, but we’ve an early sneak peak for you, since the wonderfully-titled “Love Dem Strippers” leaked to the Internet yesterday evening. This song earns the “Most Repetitive Hook of the Summer” award. But to be fair, if you’re expecting something innovative and cerebral from a 2 Chainz single, you’re in the wrong place.

Drake promised to debut a new song featuring vocals by Aaliyah this weekend at OVO Fest, and just moments before Drizzy hit the stage, a recording of the single hit the web. “Enough Said” is produced by Drake’s right-hand man Noah “40″ Shebib, and features his signature subdued swirling synths and 808 tom samples. Do you think Drake has what it takes to make this Aaliyah album a hit, or will his fan-boy mentality get the best of him?

J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League stands for “Just undeniably some of the illest composers ever.” This might be a pretty boastful moniker, if they didn’t have the hits to back it up. The special thing about a J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League production is the undeniable musicianship involved. For this edition of the Friday Mixtape, let’s check out some of the best work from these three Tampa natives, including music by Rick Ross, Mary J. Blige, Young Jeezy, and more.

A little more than a week after it was announced that she would be earning $18 million to become a judge on American Idol, Mariah Carey has a brand new single to match her brand new evaluative career. For the occasion, Mimi has enlisted the help of the Maybach Music MCs Rick Ross and Meek Mill, as well as veteran R&B producers Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox. The end result is a track that blends the best of modern hip-hop production with ’90s R&B.