Eminem, Janet Jackson, Alanis Morissette, N.W.A., Sheryl Crow, George Clinton, Bryan Adams, Mike Love, Boy George, Steve Winwood, Doobie Brothers, David Gates and Tommy James are among the performers nominated for the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The nominees for the prestigious honor will be voted upon for induction at the organization’s Induction & Awards Gala in New York City, with non-performing songwriters earning nominations including Walter Afanasieff, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Narada Michael Walden, Steve Barri and P.F. Sloan, Mike Chapman, Tony Macaulay, Sonny Curtis, Tom Douglas, Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, Roger Nichols, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, Franne Golde and Ashley Gorley. The complete list of is available online at songhall.org.
Eligible voting members select their choices of up to three nominees in each of the songwriter and performing songwriter categories. A songwriter with a catalog of notable songs qualifies for induction 20 years after their first significant commercial release of a song.
2024 inductees included: R.E.M., Steely Dan, SZA, producer Timbaland and songwriters Hillary Lindsey, Diane Warren and the late Cindy Walker.
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