The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced its slate of nominees for its Class of 2026.
In the Performing Songwriters category you have:
- Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell - America
- David Byrne - Talking Heads
- Richard Carpenter - The Carpenters
- Harry Wayne Casey - KC of KC and the Sunshine Band
- Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings - The Guess Who
- Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley - KISS
- Kenny Loggins
- Sarah McLachlan
- Pink - real name Alecia B. Moore
- Boz Scaggs
- LL Cool J - real name James Todd Smith
- Taylor Swift
- Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Jane M. Wiedlin - The Go-Go’s
Non-Performing Songwriters:
- Walter Afanasieff - "All I Want For Christmas Is You," "My All," "Hero," "Love Will Survive," "One Sweet Day"
- Pete Bellotte - "Hot Stuff," "I Feel Love," "Love to Love You Baby," "Heaven Knows," "Push it To the Limit"
- Andreas Carlsson - "I Want it That Way," "Bye Bye Bye," "It's Gonna Be Me," "That's the Way it Is"
- Steve Kipner - "Physical." "Hard Habit to Break," "Genie in a Bottle," "These Words," "Breakeven"
- Jeffrey Le Vasseur (Jeffrey Steele) - "What Hurts the Most," "My Wish," "Knee Deep," "The Cowboy in Me"
- Patrick Leonard - "Like a Prayer," "Live to Tell," "Nevermind," "You Want it Darker," "Yet Another Movie"
- Terry Britten and Graham Lyle - "What’s Love Got To Do With It," "We Don’t Need Another Hero"
- Bob McDill - "Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold," "Good Ole Boys Like Me," "Gone Country"
- Kenny Nolan - "Lady Marmalade," "My Eyes Adored You"
- Martin Page - "We Built This City," "These Dreams," "King of Wishful Thinking," "Faithful," "Fallen Angel"
- Vini Poncia - "Do I Love You," "I Was Made For Lovin You," "Oh My My," "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"
- Tom Snow - "He’s So Shy," "Let’s Hear it for the Boy," "Dreaming of You," "Don't Know Much," "After All"
- Christopher “Tricky” Stewart - "Umbrella," "Single Ladies," "Obsessed," "Just Fine," "Break My Soul"
- Larry Weiss - "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Bend Me Shape Me," "Hi Ho Silver Lining"
In order to be nominated, 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 ET on December 4th to turn in their ballots, with their choices of up to three nominees in each of the songwriter and performing songwriter categories.
The inductees are usually announced in January followed by the induction ceremony in June in New York City.