The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced nominees for its class of 2027, a list spanning all genres and generations led by stars like Lady Gaga, Jack White, Boy George, Deborah Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie, Sia, Vince Gill and Grandmaster Melle Mel as well as “non-performing” songwriters like disco titan Pete Belotte, Scandinavian pop powerhouses Stargate and ’80s pop powerhouses Andreas Carlsson Stock Aitken & Waterman and ’60s pop powerhouses Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer.
The full list of nominees and several of their best-known songs appears below.
A songwriter with a catalog of notable songs qualifies for induction 20 years after a song’s first commercial release. Eligible voting members will have until midnight EST on December 14, 2026 to vote and choose up to three nominees in each of the songwriter and singer-songwriter categories.
Songwriters
Pete Bellotte – Hot Stuff * I Feel Love * Love To Love You Baby * God Knows * Push It To The Limits
George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam p/k/a Boy Meets Girl – How will I know * I want to dance with someone (who loves me) * Waiting for a star to fall * I know you by heart * Make the moon fall
Kandi Burruss – No Scrubs * Bills, Bills, Bills * Makes Me Sick * Here You Go * Don’t Think I’m Not
Andreas Carlsson – I want it that way * Bye Bye Bye * It’s going to be me * That’s how it is * I’m alive
Tom Douglas – The House That Built Me * Grown Men Don’t Cry * I’m Running to You * Little Rock * Meanwhile, Back at Mom’s
Bob Feldman (r), Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer – My Boyfriend Comes Back *I Want Candy * Grief * At Night * What Time Is It
Bob McDill – Amanda * Good Ole Boys Like Me * Gone Country * Don’t Close Your Eyes * Song Of The South
Mikkel Eriksen and Tor Hermansen p/k/a Stargate – Irreplaceable * Diamonds * Fireworks * So Sick * Take a Bow
Maurice Starr – Candy Girl * I will love you forever * Is this the end * Step by step * Popcorn Love
Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman p/k/a Stock Aitken Waterman – Never Gonna Give You Up * I should be so lucky * Together forever * This time I know it’s for real * Especially for you
William Adams p/k/a will.i.am – Where is the love * Gotta feel * Scream and scream * OMG * Ordinary people
Dan Wilson – Closing Time* Someone Like You * Not Ready to Do Good * White Horse * Traitor
Toni Wine – A Groovy Kind of Love * Candida * Black Pearl * Your Husband, My Wife * You Came, You Saw You Conquered
Singer-songwriters
America’s Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell – A Horse With No Name * Ventura Highway * Sister Golden Hair * I Need You * Tin Man
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein from Blondie – Call Me * Heart of Glass * Rapture * Somehow * Dreaming
George Alan O’Dowd p/k/a Boy George – Karma Chameleon * Do you really want to hurt me * Time (heart clock) * It’s a miracle * Victims
Vince Gill – Go rest on top of this mountain * Don’t let our love start to slip away * I still believe in you * One more chance * When I call your name
Melvin Glover p/k/a Grandmaster Melle Mel – The Message * Freedom * New York New York * Scorpio * White Lines (Don’t Do It)
Stefani Germanotta p/k/a Lady Gaga – Poker Face * Bad Romance * Born This Way * Shallow * Die With A Smile
Shaffer Smith p/k/a Ne-Yo – Irreplaceable * Let me love you * Give me everything * So sick * Take a bow
Alecia B. Moore p/k/a P!NK – And then *Raise a glass* Who knew* U + Ur Hand *And we
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll p/k/a Shakira – Hips Don’t Lie * Dai Dai * Anytime, Anywhere * La Tortura * Inevitable
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler p/k/a Sia – Cheap Sensations * Diamonds * Titanium * Luster * Unstoppable
Thomas Sylvester Allen (d), Harold Ray Brown, Morris “BB” Dickerson (d), Jerry Goldstein, LeRoy L. Jordan, Lee Oskar Levitin, Charles William Miller (d), and Howard E. Scott from WAR – Low Rider * Why Can’t We Be Friends * The Cisco Kid * The World is a Ghetto * Spill the Wine
Jack White – I Fell in Love with a Girl * We’re Going to Be Friends * Love Interruption * Seven Nations Army * Steady as it Goes
Frank Beard (d), Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill (d) of ZZ Top – Legacy * Sharp Dressed Man * I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide * La Grange * Tush
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