SONGWRITERS HALL REVEALS 2025 NOMINEES

The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for its Class of 2025, a list that spans six decades of writing talent.

This year’s field includes 13 non-performing songwriters and teams and 13 performing songwriters and groups. The potential inductees are:

NON-PERFORMING SONGWRITERS

Walter Afanasieff ("All I Want for Christmas Is You")
Steve Barri and P.F. Sloan ("Secret Agent Man," "Eve of Destruction")
Mike Chapman ("Love Is a Battlefield," "Ballroom Blitz")
Sonny Curtis ("I Fought the Law")
Tom Douglas ("I Run to You")
Franne Golde ("Dreaming of You")
Ashley Gorley ("I Had Some Help," "Last Night")
Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins ("Say My Name," "The Boy Is Mine," "Telephone")
Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter ("One Tin Soldier," "Ain't No Woman [Like the One I've Got]")
Tony Macaulay ("Build Me Up Buttercup," "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes")
Roger Nichols ("We've Only Just Begun," "Rainy Days and Mondays," "I Won't Last a Day Without You")
Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham ("I'm Your Puppet," "Cry Like a Baby")
Narada Michael Walden ("How Will I Know," "Freeway of Love")

PERFORMING SONGWRITERS

Bryan Adams
George Alan O’Dowd (Boy George)
George Clinton
Sheryl Crow
Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons (The Doobie Brothers)
Marshall Mathers (Eminem)
David Gates
Janet Jackson
Tommy James
Mike Love
Alanis Morissette
Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella (N.W.A)
Steve Winwood

Several of the nominees, including Clinton, the Doobies and Winwood, were previously nominated.

A potential candidate qualifies for induction 20 years after their first significant commercial release.

The SHOF inducted 10 non-performers and 12 performing songwriters at its 2024 ceremony in June.

Those with ballots in hand will have until midnight ET on 12/22 to vote for up to three nominees in each of the Non-Performing and Performing categories.

For more information on nominees, go to www.songhall.org.