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songwriter

noun

ˈsȯŋ-ˌrī-tər

Definition of songwriter

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 One unusual thing about the Dead is that the bulk of their oeuvre was penned by non-performing songwriters, chiefly Robert Hunter, who collaborated mainly with Jerry Garcia. — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026 The deal also covers Suno’s use of BMG songs to train its past models and data, and states artists and songwriters must opt in to having their music used for AI inputs and outputs. — Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Swift was elected in the contemporary songwriter/artist category, while Camp and Miller got in in the contemporary songwriter category, Channel in the veteran songwriter category, and Lovett in the veteran songwriter/artist division. — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026 Swift's songwriting honors Swift's Nashville induction comes two months after she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City, becoming the youngest female songwriter ever inducted into the organization. — Bryan West, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for songwriter

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Seven composers, aged 17 to 24, composed new scores for these films under the mentorship of some of the industry’s top professionals.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026
Pitch-perfect performances and a lush score by Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi further distinguish Naishtat’s impressively taut drama.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of composer

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This question is now at the center of a growing legal and financial battle in the music industry as AI music is already stealing income from human musicians.

— Charlotte Isidore, NPR, 18 Aug. 2026
Armed with just two open-reel videotapes, Goodman lugged his hulking camera and tripod behind percussionist Juma Sultan and began to document Hendrix’s historic set just 15 feet away from the musician.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of musician

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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
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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