songwriter
noun
song·writ·er
ˈsȯŋ-ˌrī-tər 
: a person who composes words or music or both especially for popular songs
Examples of songwriter in a Sentence
an award-winning singer and songwriter
he's both a singer and a songwriter
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Even within the very small subset of top-tier pop acts, Jackson is separate from songwriters like Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen, who channel fans’ inner emotions through their own voices.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Dave Mason, the British singer, songwriter, and guitarist who co-founded the rock band Traffic before launching a solo career, has died.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2026
The family of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez shared their first public statement on Tuesday, a day after singer and songwriter D4vd was charged with murder in their daughter's death.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
This simply could not be… not Prince, the genius, larger-than-life singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who rebirthed pop music into a new sensuous funk-new wave-rock-soul musical form known to the world as the Minneapolis Sound.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Dave Mason, the British singer, songwriter, and guitarist who co-founded the rock band Traffic before launching a solo career, has died.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2026
The family of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez shared their first public statement on Tuesday, a day after singer and songwriter D4vd was charged with murder in their daughter's death.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
This simply could not be… not Prince, the genius, larger-than-life singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who rebirthed pop music into a new sensuous funk-new wave-rock-soul musical form known to the world as the Minneapolis Sound.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Songwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/songwriter. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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songwriter
noun
song·writ·er
ˈsȯŋ-ˌrīt-ər
: a person who composes words or music or both especially for popular songs
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