Lady Gaga, Jack White, Boy George Lead Songwriters Hall of Fame 2027 Nominees

The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for its 2027 class, a genre- and generation-spanning list led by stars like Lady Gaga, Jack White, Boy George, Deborah Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie, Sia, Vince Gill and Grandmaster Melle Mel as well as “non-performing” songwriters like disco titan Pete Belotte, Scandinavian pop powerhouses Stargate and Andreas Carlsson, ‘80s pop powerhouses Stock Aitken & Waterman and ‘60s-era pop powerhouses Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer. The complete list of nominees and many of their best-known songs appears below. 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 EST on December 14, 2026 to turn in ballots, with their choices of up to three nominees in each of the songwriter and performing songwriter categories. Songwriters Pete Bellotte – Hot Stuff * I Feel Love * Love To Love You Baby * Heaven Knows * Push It To The Limit George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam p/k/a Boy Meets Girl – How Will I Know * I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) * Waiting For A Star To Fall * I Know You By Heart * Bring Down the Moon Kandi Burruss – No Scrubs * Bills, Bills, Bills * It Makes Me Ill * There You Go * Don’t Think I’m Not Andreas Carlsson – I Want It That Way * Bye Bye Bye * It’s Gonna Be Me * That’s The Way It Is * I’m Alive Tom Douglas – The House That Built Me * Grown Men Don’t Cry * I Run To You * Little Rock * Meanwhile Back At Mama’s Bob Feldman (d), Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer – My Boyfriend’s Back *I Want Candy * Sorrow * Night Time * What Time Is It Bob McDill – Amanda * Good Ole Boys Like Me * Gone Country * Don’t Close Your Eyes * Song Of The South Mikkel Eriksen and Tor Hermansen p/k/a Stargate – Irreplaceable * Diamonds * Firework * So Sick * Take A Bow Maurice Starr – Candy Girl * I’ll Be Loving You Forever * Is This The End * Step by Step * Popcorn Love Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman p/k/a Stock Aitken Waterman – Never Gonna Give You Up * I Should Be So Lucky * Together Forever * This Time I Know It’s For Real * Especially For You William Adams p/k/a will.i.am – Where Is The Love * I Gotta Feeling * Scream and Shout * OMG * Ordinary People Dan Wilson – Closing Time* Someone Like You * Not Ready To Make Nice * White Horse * Treacherous Toni Wine – A Groovy Kind Of Love * Candida * Black Pearl * Your Husband, My Wife * You Came You Saw You Conquered Performing Songwriters Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America – A Horse with No Name * Ventura Highway * Sister Golden Hair * I Need You* Tin Man Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie – Call Me * Heart of Glass * Rapture * One Way or Another * Dreaming George Alan O’Dowd p/k/a Boy George – Karma Chameleon * Do You Really Want To Hurt Me * Time (Clock of the Heart) * It’s A Miracle * Victims Vince Gill – Go Rest High On That Mountain * Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away * I Still Believe In You * One More Last Chance * When I Call Your Name Melvin Glover p/k/a Grandmaster Melle Mel – The Message * Freedom * New York New York * Scorpio * White Lines (Don’t Do It) Stefani Germanotta p/k/a Lady Gaga – Poker Face * Bad Romance * Born This Way * Shallow * Die With A Smile Shaffer Smith p/k/a Ne-Yo – Irreplaceable * Let Me Love You * Give Me Everything * So Sick * Take A Bow Alecia B. Moore p/k/a P!NK – So What * Raise Your Glass * Who Knew* U + Ur Hand * What About Us Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll p/k/a Shakira – Hips Don’t Lie * Dai Dai * Whenever, Wherever * La Tortura * Inevitable Sia Kate Isobelle Furler p/k/a Sia – Cheap Thrills * Diamonds * Titanium * Chandelier * Unstoppable Thomas Sylvester Allen (d), Harold Ray Brown, Morris “B.B.” Dickerson (d), Jerry Goldstein, LeRoy L. Jordan, Lee Oskar Levitin, Charles William Miller (d) and Howard E. Scott of WAR – Low Rider * Why Can’t We Be Friends * The Cisco Kid * The World Is A Ghetto * Spill The Wine Jack White – Fell in Love With a Girl * We’re Going to Be Friends * Love Interruption * Seven Nation Army * Steady As She Goes Frank Beard (d), Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill (d) of ZZ Top – Legs * Sharp Dressed Man * I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide * La Grange * Tush