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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Harry, a singer and songwriter, is lead vocalist for Blondie; their next album, High Noon, will be out this fall.
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Time, 6 May 2026
Green exited in 1970 and the band entered a transitional period before settling on the singer/songwriter duo of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
Raitt recently named Carlile as one of the greatest living American songwriters, in a New York Times piece where notable singers and writers were asked to add their own picks for that honor, as a sidebar to an official Times critics’ list.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 May 2026
Even more imaginatively, this jukebox musical is scored with tunes associated with Swedish songwriter/producer Max Martin.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
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Time, 6 May 2026
Green exited in 1970 and the band entered a transitional period before settling on the singer/songwriter duo of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
Raitt recently named Carlile as one of the greatest living American songwriters, in a New York Times piece where notable singers and writers were asked to add their own picks for that honor, as a sidebar to an official Times critics’ list.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 May 2026
Even more imaginatively, this jukebox musical is scored with tunes associated with Swedish songwriter/producer Max Martin.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for songwriter
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“Songwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/songwriter. Accessed 8 May. 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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