as in composer
a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice
he's both a singer and a songwriter
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Recent Examples of songwriter
The British actress, 19, plays Hannah, the quiet songwriter who unexpectedly finds love with all-star hockey player, Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli) in the new Prime Video series.
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Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
The day before the Venice Biennale opened to the public over the weekend, singer and songwriter Patti Smith performed for a small audience at the Santa Maria di Nazareth church, as part of the inauguration of the nearby Holy See Pavilion, reports Ocula.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
The season features seven songs in total, four of them originals developed with the show’s music team and songwriter Amy Allen, who has written hits for Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo and Harry Styles, among many others.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 12 May 2026
Route 66 was 20 years old and World War II had just ended when Bobby Troup, an aspiring songwriter from Pennsylvania, decided to go west.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
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Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
The day before the Venice Biennale opened to the public over the weekend, singer and songwriter Patti Smith performed for a small audience at the Santa Maria di Nazareth church, as part of the inauguration of the nearby Holy See Pavilion, reports Ocula.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
The season features seven songs in total, four of them originals developed with the show’s music team and songwriter Amy Allen, who has written hits for Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo and Harry Styles, among many others.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 12 May 2026
Route 66 was 20 years old and World War II had just ended when Bobby Troup, an aspiring songwriter from Pennsylvania, decided to go west.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for songwriter
Noun
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In other circumstances, history (or, at least, classical-music buffs) would remember him as Kapellmeister to the Emperor of Austria, a skilled court composer of some forty operas, and a mentor to Beethoven and Schubert.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Moore is a multiaward-winning saxophone player, and Wheeler is a Grammy-winning producer, composer and keyboard virtuoso.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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His band has expanded, with horns, dancers, back-up singers, and — for some songs—a string section, with nearly 20 musicians onstage.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2026
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The musician, who is the Charley Pride Honoree at this year’s ACM Awards, was styled by Stephani Jacobson (@stephanijstyle) for the occasion.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
17 May 2026
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The film features original songs and score by composers/lyricists Sharon Kenny and Kirsten Guenther, who are also collaborating on an upcoming stage musical produced by Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door/The Carlson Company.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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When Willis took over as lyricist for 1978’s Cruisin’ and 1979’s Go West, the group’s messaging became less lucidly gay.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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Now, without looking at the whole queue, just take yourself outside or simply close your eyes and allow one of the most prolific, popular and trusted tunesmiths this country has ever produced to astonish you.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The songs are by composing legend Mike Stoller, now 93, and a master tunesmith during the era in which much of the story spans.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Songwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songwriter. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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