Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) has announced its slate of nominees to be voted upon for induction at its 2027 Induction & Awards Gala in New York City.
Songwriters Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the lives and legacies of the songwriters behind the world’s most enduring songs. A songwriter with a catalog of notable songs qualifies for induction 20 years after their first commercial release of a song. Eligible voting members will have until midnight EST on December 14, 2026 to turn in ballots, with their choices of up to three nominees in each of the songwriter and performing songwriter categories.
(first row, left to right): Pete Bellotte | Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill p/k/a Boy Meets Girl | Kandi Burruss | Andreas Carlsson | Tom Douglas | Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer | Bob McDill
(second row): Tor Hermansen and Mikkel Eriksen p/k/a Stargate | Maurice Starr | Mike Stock, Matt Aiken and Pete Waterman p/k/a Stock Aitken Waterman | William Adams p/k/a will.i.am | Dan Wilson | Toni Wine
(third row): Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley of America | Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie | George Alan O'Dowd p/k/a Boy George | Vince Gill | Melvin Glover p/k/a Grandmaster Melle Mel | Stefani Germanotta p/k/a Lady Gaga | Shaffer Smith p/k/a Ne-Yo
(fourth row): Alecia B. Moore p/k/a P!nk | Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll p/k/a Shakira | Sia Kate Isobelle Furler p/k/a Sia | Charles William Miller, LeRoy L. Jordan, Jerry Goldstein, Lee Oskar Levitin, Thomas Sylvester Allen, Harold Ray Brown, Howard E. Scott and Morris D. Dickerson of WAR | Jack White | Dusty Hill, Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard of ZZ Top
