Taylor Swift Among Nominees on Songwriters Hall of Fame 2026 Ballot

The Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday unveiled its 2026 ballot, naming 27 nominees across performing and nonperforming songwriter categories that include Taylor Swift, LL Cool J, Kenny Loggins, Pink, Sarah McLachlan, David Byrne and Kiss members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. The nominees span pop, hip hop, rock, country and R&B and will be narrowed by Hall of Fame voters to three inductees in each category.

The ballot is divided into 13 performing songwriter nominees and 14 nonperforming songwriter nominees. Performing songwriter finalists join a mix of solo artists and songwriting teams, including Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Jane Wiedlin of the Go Go’s, Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings of The Guess Who, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America, Richard Carpenter of the Carpenters, Harry Wayne Casey of KC and the Sunshine Band, and singer-guitarist Boz Scaggs. The nonperforming list features producers and writers such as disco-era songwriter Pete Bellotte, Swedish pop producer Andreas Carlsson, Steve Kipner, longtime Madonna collaborator Patrick Leonard, Terry Britten and Graham Lyle, Kenny Nolan and Walter Afanasieff.

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