The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced its nominees for the Class of 2025.
In the Performing Songwriters category the nominees are:
- Bryan Adams
- Boy George -- real name George Alan O’Dowd
- George Clinton
- Sheryl Crow
- Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons of The Doobie Brothers
- Eminem -- real name Marshall Mathers
- David Gates of Bread
- Janet Jackson
- Tommy James
- Mike Love
- Alanis Morissette
- Dr. Dre, Easy E, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella of N.W.A
- Steve Winwood
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 - "Love Is All Around (Theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show)," "I Fought the Law"
- Tom Douglas - "The House That Built Me"
- Franne Golde - "Nightshift"
- Ashley Gorley - "I Had Some Help"
- Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins - "Say My Name"
- Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter - "One Tin Soldier (Theme from Billy Jack)," "Don’t Pull Your Love," "Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got)"
- Tony Macaulay - "Baby Now That I’ve Found You," "Build Me Up Buttercup"
- Roger Nichols - "We’ve Only Just Begun," "Rainy Days and Mondays"
- Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham - "I’m Your Puppet," "Cry Like a Baby"
- Narada Michael Walden - "How Will I Know," "Freeway of Love"
To be nominated, a songwriter "with a catalog of notable songs" qualifies for induction 20 years after their "first significant commercial release of a song."
The Class of 2025 will be announced next year with the ceremony held each June in New York.
Unlike the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, there is no physical Songwriters Hall of Fame.