The Songwriters Hall of Fame 2025 Nominees

The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) has unveiled its 2025 slate of nominees for induction.

The nominees, which will be voted upon for induction at the 2025 Induction & Awards Gala in New York City, represent some of the most influential and iconic songwriters and lyricists in the music industry.

The inductees will be chosen from two categories: Non-Performing Songwriters and Performing Songwriters.

Non-Performing Songwriters:

1. Walter Afanasieff
   Key Songs: All I Want for Christmas Is You, Hero, License to Kill, One Sweet Day
2. Steve Barri and P.F. Sloan
   Key Songs: Secret Agent Man, Eve of Destruction, Where Were You When I Needed You
3. Mike Chapman
   Key Songs: The Best, Love Is A Battlefield, Ballroom Blitz
4. Sonny Curtis
   Key Songs: Love Is All Around (Theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show), I Fought the Law, Walk Right Back
5. Tom Douglas
   Key Songs: The House That Built Me, Little Rock, I Run to You
6. Franne Golde
   Key Songs: Dreaming of You, Nightshift, Stickwitu
7. Ashley Gorley
   Key Songs: I Had Some Help, Last Night, Play It Again
8. Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins
   Key Songs: Say My Name, The Boy Is Mine, You Rock My World
9. Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
   Key Songs: One Tin Soldier (Theme from Billy Jack), Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got), It Only Takes a Minute
10. Tony Macaulay
    Key Songs: Build Me Up Buttercup, Don’t Give Up on Us, Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
11. Roger Nichols
    Key Songs: We’ve Only Just Begun, Rainy Days and Mondays, I Won’t Last a Day Without You
12. Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
    Key Songs: I’m Your Puppet, Cry Like a Baby, It Tears Me Up
13. Narada Michael Walden
    Key Songs: How Will I Know, Freeway of Love, You’re a Friend of Mine

Performing Songwriters:

1. Bryan Adams
   Key Songs: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, Heaven, Summer of ‘69
2. Boy George (George Alan O’Dowd)
   Key Songs: Karma Chameleon, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Time (Clock of the Heart)
3. George Clinton
   Key Songs: Atomic Dog, Flash Light, Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)
4. Sheryl Crow
   Key Songs: All I Wanna Do, Soak Up the Sun, Everyday Is a Winding Road
5. Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, and Patrick Simmons (Doobie Brothers)
   Key Songs: Listen to the Music, Takin’ It to the Streets, What a Fool Believes
6. Eminem (Marshall Mathers)
   Key Songs: Lose Yourself, Stan, Mockingbird
7. David Gates
   Key Songs: Everything I Own, Make It With You, Baby I’m-a Want You
8. Janet Jackson
   Key Songs: Black Cat, Rhythm Nation, Together Again
9. Tommy James
   Key Songs: Mony Mony, Crimson and Clover, Sweet Cherry Wine
10. Mike Love
    Key Songs: California Girls, Good Vibrations, Fun, Fun, Fun
11. Alanis Morissette
    Key Songs: You Oughta Know, Ironic, Uninvited
12. N.W.A. (Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, DJ Yella)
    Key Songs: Straight Outta Compton, Fuck Tha Police, Express Yourself
13. Steve Winwood
    Key Songs: Higher Love, Gimme Some Lovin’, Roll With It

Nominees are chosen based on their substantial contributions to the music world, with voting members determining the new inductees. The voting deadline is December 22, 2024.