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

Examples of hitmaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The quartet has established themselves as reliable hitmakers with nearly all of their singles reaching the Top 10 of South Korea’s charts. —Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025

How many Nashville hitmakers are surging on pop's charts? —Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 4 Aug. 2025

Only the album sounded refreshed for modern times, cleanly produced by hitmakers of the day like Krucial Keys and Polow da Don. —Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 2 Aug. 2025

The hitmaker played the incident off by smiling big and strutting around the stage with her arms in the air, even pulling off a little spin. —Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 27 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hitmaker

• blackacre
• caretaker
• clockmaker
• dressmaker
• filmmaker
• homemaker
• icebreaker
• lawmaker
• matchmaker
• pacemaker
• partaker
• peacemaker