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singer-songwriter

noun

: a performer who writes songs and sings them

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At 77, Plant is reaching new artistic heights with a one-woman, four-man band that repeatedly elevated the English singer-songwriter’s genre-blurring music with sensitivity, adventurous spirit and a pinpoint command of instrumental and vocal dynamics. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2025 The singer-songwriter twinned in head-to-toe red with Brittany Mahomes, wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025 Japanese singer-songwriter Kokia’s Wednesday evening concert in Beijing was also canceled, according to the venue. Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025 In February, the iconic Argentine-Venezuelan singer-songwriter will embark on an ambitious tour that will take him across Latin America, the United States, and Europe — a feat that will demand physical and vocal resilience. Natalia Cano, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for singer-songwriter

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“Singer-songwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/singer-songwriter. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.

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