Jack White, Lady Gaga, Shakira, Pink and Blondie nominated for Songwriters Hall of Fame 2027

The nominees for the 2027 Songwriters Hall of Fame have been announced, with Jack White, Sia, Lady Gaga, Pink and Shakira among the performing songwriters, according to MusicRadar. The list is split into performing and non-performing songwriters, and three will be chosen from each.

The performing side also includes Chris Stein and Debbie Harry of Blondie, Melle Mel, known for “White Lines”, Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard and Dusty Hill of ZZ Top, Ne-Yo, Boy George, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America, the band behind “A Horse with No Name”, Vince Gill and the members of the funk band War.

Among the non-performing nominees are Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder's co-writer on Donna Summer songs such as “I Feel Love”, Kandi Burruss, who wrote for Destiny's Child and TLC, the Stock Aitken Waterman trio, and the team of Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer, who wrote “My Boyfriend's Back”. MusicRadar notes that Goldstein and Gottehrer are both 86 and that Feldman died in 2023.

The list also features Maurice Starr, the figure behind New Edition and New Kids on the Block, the Norwegian team Stargate (Tor Hermansen and Mikkel Eriksen), Swedish writer Andreas Carlsson of “I Want It That Way”, George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, who wrote “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” for Whitney Houston, and Semisonic's Dan Wilson, co-writer of Adele's “Someone Like You”.

Eligible voting members have until 14 December to pick the six songwriters who will be inducted.