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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In addition to her work on KPop Demon Hunters, EJAE has a lengthy career working as a songwriter on K-pop songs by some of the industry’s biggest groups, including Aespa, Le Sserafim, Twice and NMIXX.
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Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
At the time, the filmmaker felt Hawke was too young to begin production; Hart was a longtime alcoholic and Blue Moon focuses on a specific moment near the end of the songwriter’s life, just months before his death at the age of 48 following a pneumonia diagnosis.
—Kyle McGovern, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter grabbed a meal at the NoDa location during a weekend tour stop in the Queen City, Richard and Tallulah Duffin said.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
Oklahoma’s thriving Red Dirt music scene took root following Guthrie’s death in 1967, when a handful of songwriters in the state decided to collaborate, in the process centering their music around Guthrie’s blue-collar values.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
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Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
At the time, the filmmaker felt Hawke was too young to begin production; Hart was a longtime alcoholic and Blue Moon focuses on a specific moment near the end of the songwriter’s life, just months before his death at the age of 48 following a pneumonia diagnosis.
—Kyle McGovern, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter grabbed a meal at the NoDa location during a weekend tour stop in the Queen City, Richard and Tallulah Duffin said.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
Oklahoma’s thriving Red Dirt music scene took root following Guthrie’s death in 1967, when a handful of songwriters in the state decided to collaborate, in the process centering their music around Guthrie’s blue-collar values.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Songwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/songwriter. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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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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