Songwriters Hall Of Fame Nominees Include Lady Gaga, ZZ Top, Boy George, Shakira, Ne-Yo, Blondie Duo & More

This year’s list of nominees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame has a good beat and you can dance to it. It also features a diverse mix of genres from rock, pop and R&B to country, hip hop and funk. The hall on Thursday revealed the dozens of songsmiths up for induction in 2027. Among them are Lady Gaga, Boy George, Grandmaster Melle Mel, P!nk, Jack White, Shakira, Vince Gill, Ne-Yo, Sia, will.i.am and the writers behind the hitmaking groups Blondie, War, ZZ Top and America. See the full list below, along with photos and a sampling of five songs penned by each. Also up for consideration are about a dozen writers who aren’t known for performing such as Pete Bellotte, who penned several of Donna Summers hits; “No Scrubs” writer Kandi Burress; Andreas Carlsson, known for Backstreet Boys hits; and the “My Boyfriend’s Back” and “I Want Candy” team of Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein & Richard Gottehrer. RELATED: Frank Beard Dies: ZZ Top’s Drummer For Nearly Six Decades Was 77 Inductees will be revealed early next year. Established in 1969, the Songwriters Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the lives and legacies of the songwriters behind the world’s most enduring songs. Writers with a catalog of notable songs are eligible for induction 20 years after their first commercial release of a song. Here is the full list of nominees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Class of 2027: Top row, from left: Pete Bellotte; Shannon Rubicam & George Merrill of Boy Meets Girl; Kandi Burruss; Andreas Carlsson; Tom Douglas; Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein & Richard Gottehrer; and Bob McDillSecond row, from left: Stargate (Tor Hermansen and Mikkel Eriksen; Maurice Starr; Mike Stock, Matt Aiken & Pete Waterman; will.i.am; Dan Wilson; and Toni WineThird row, from left: Dewey Bunnell & Gerry Beckley of America; Debbie Harry & Chris Stein of Blondie; Boy George; Vince Gill; Grandmaster Melle Mel; Lady Gaga; and Ne-YoFourth row, from left: P!nk; Shakira; Sia; Charles William Miller, LeRoy L. Jordan, Jerry Goldstein, Lee Oskar Levitin, Thomas Sylvester Allen, Harold Ray Brown, Howard E. Scott & Morris D. Dickerson of War; Jack White; and Dusty Hill, Billy Gibbons & Frank Beard of ZZ Top Songwriters Hall of Fame Gerry Beckley & Dewey Bunnell of AmericaA Horse with No Name, Ventura Highway, Sister Golden Hair, I Need You* Tin Man Debbie Harry & Chris Stein of BlondieCall Me, Heart of Glass, Rapture, One Way or Another, Dreaming Boy George (George Alan O’Dowd)Karma Chameleon, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Time (Clock of the Heart), It’s A Miracle, Victims Vince GillGo 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 Grandmaster Melle Mel (Melvin Glover)The Message, Freedom, New York New York, Scorpio, White Lines (Don’t Do It) Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta)Poker Face, Bad Romance, Born This Way, Shallow, Die With A Smile Ne-Yo (Shaffer Smith)Irreplaceable, Let Me Love You, Give Me Everything, So Sick, Take A Bow P!nk (Alecia B. Moore)So What, Raise Your Glass, Who Knew, U + Ur Hand, What About Us Shakira (Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll)Hips Don’t Lie, Dai Dai, Whenever, Wherever, La Tortura, Inevitable Sia (Sia Kate Isobelle Furler)Cheap Thrills, Diamonds, Titanium, Chandelier, Unstoppable Thomas Sylvester Allen, Harold Ray Brown, Morris “B.B.” Dickerson, Jerry Goldstein, LeRoy L. Jordan, Lee Oskar Levitin, Charles William Miller & Howard E. Scott of WarLow Rider, Why Can’t We Be Friends, The Cisco Kid, The World Is a Ghetto, Spill the Wine Jack WhiteFell in Love With a Girl, We’re Going to Be Friends, Love Interruption, Seven Nation Army, Steady As She Goes Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill of ZZ TopLegs, Sharp Dressed Man, I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide, La Grange, Tush Pete BellotteHot Stuff, I Feel Love, Love To Love You Baby, Heaven Knows, Push It to the Limit Boy Meets Girl (George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam)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 CarlssonI Want It That Way, Bye Bye Bye, It’s Gonna Be Me, That’s The Way It Is, I’m Alive Tom DouglasThe House That Built Me, Grown Men Don’t Cry, I Run to You, Little Rock, Meanwhile Back at Mama’s Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein & Richard GottehrerMy Boyfriend’s Back, I Want Candy, Sorrow, Night Time, What Time Is It Bob McDillAmanda, Good Ole Boys Like Me, Gone Country, Don’t Close Your Eyes, Song of the South Stargate (Mikkel Eriksen & Tor Hermansen)Irreplaceable, Diamonds, Firework, So Sick, Take a Bow Maurice StarrCandy Girl, I’ll Be Loving You Forever, Is This the End, Step by Step, Popcorn Love Mike Stock, Matt Aitken & Pete WatermanNever Gonna Give You Up, I Should Be So Lucky, Together Forever, This Time I Know It’s for Real, Especially for You will.i.am (William Adams)Where Is the Love, I Gotta Feeling, Scream and Shout, OMG, Ordinary People Dan WilsonClosing Time, Someone Like You, Not Ready to Make Nice, White Horse, Treacherous Toni WineA Groovy Kind of Love, Candida, Black Pearl, Your Husband, My Wife, You Came You Saw You Conquered