Gaga, Jack White, Shakira Lead Songwriters Hall of Fame Noms
Lady Gaga, Jack White, Shakira and Dan Wilson head an impressive list of nominees for the 2027 Songwriters Hall of Fame class. The winners will be inducted at a New York ceremony in June.
Whether they belong to the songwriter or performing songwriter category, composers are eligible for induction into the Songwriters Hall 20 years after their first commercial release.
This year, the songwriting category nods feature Wilson ("Someone Like You,” "Not Ready To Make Nice," “White Horse,” "Closing Time”), Kandi Burruss ("No Scrubs," "Bills, Bills, Bills"), Tom Douglas ("The House That Built Me," "Grown Men Don't Cry"), Bob McDill ("Amanda," "Gone Country"), Maurice Starr ("Candy Girl," "I'll Be Loving You Forever"), will.i.am ("Where Is the Love," "I Gotta Feeling"), Pete Bellotte ("Hot Stuff," "I Feel Love"), Stargate ("Irreplaceable," "Firework"), Toni Wine ("A Groovy Kind of Love," "Candida"), Andreas Carlsson ("I Want It That Way," "It's Gonna Be Me"), Stock Aitken Waterman ("Never Gonna Give You Up," "Together Forever"), Boy Meets Girl ("How Will I Know," "Waiting for a Star To Fall") and the team of Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer ("My Boyfriend's Back," "I Want Candy").
In the performing songwriter division, the nominees are Lady Gaga, Jack White, Vince Gill, Shakira, Sia, Boy George, P!NK, Ne-Yo, ZZ Top, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America, Grandmaster Melle Mel, WAR and Blondie's Debbie Harry and Chris Stein.
Closing time for ballots is midnight on Dec. 14. Eligible voting members choose up to three nominees in both the songwriter and performing songwriter categories.