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.

Grant Smith