Lady Gaga, Shakira and Pink make it to Songwriters Hall of Fame nominations

On Thursday (Nov 5), Lady Gaga, Pink, and Shakira were named nominees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame's 2027 ceremony, which honours people known for their contributions to the music industry.

Established in 1969 to honour the people known for their music, it has been considered one of the most prestigious honours for both performing writers and non-performing writers behind the chart-topping hits.

Songwriters Hall of Fame class of 2027

The 2027 batch includes multiple Grammy-winning artists, Lady Gaga, Pink, and Shakira, who are known across the world for their superhits as nominees.

Jack White, Sia, Boy George and Vince Gill are all among the names in the nominations.

The other names in the list include - ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard and Dusty Hill, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Ne-Yo, America’s Gerry Beckley, Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, and Dewey Bunnell and WAR’s Thomas Sylvester Allen, Harold Ray Brown, Morris “B.B.” Dickerson, Jerry Goldstein, LeRoy L. Jordan, Lee Oskar Levitin, Charles William Miller and Howard E. Scott.

For the unversed, these are the names of the nominees; not all of them will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at its 2027 Induction & Awards Gala in New York City.

Who is eligible and how does voting work for the 2027 Songwriters Hall of Fame?

To qualify for induction, a songwriter must be 20 years past the first commercial release of a song. Voting members can select up to three nominees in each category, songwriter and performing songwriter, with ballots due by midnight EST on December 14, 2026. Out of 26 nominees, only six will be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

In 2026, Taylor Swift, Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins, Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of Kiss, Terry Britten & Graham Lyle, and Walter Afanasieff were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s 2026.