as in composers
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 songwriters
At the time, top Western songwriters prioritized Japan, the world’s second-largest music market.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
The new collaborative platform launches in 2026, and UMG artists and songwriters can opt in to participate.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2025
This is one of the things about the young songwriters of today.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
In a move that met with widespread criticism, last year Spotify reduced its royalty payments to musicians and songwriters by hundreds of millions of dollars per year by automatically imposing a bundling plan with its audiobooks division that few music fans would seem likely to want.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Bart Herbison, executive director of NSAI, said the group is excited that Live Nation is recognizing Nashville songwriters as the backbone of the music community.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Oct. 2025
Of the 14 non-performing songwriters or songwriting teams on the ballot, the top three will be inducted.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
Conner Smith – The Storyteller Conner Smith grew up in Nashville and started working with some of the Music City’s top songwriters as a teenager before signing to Big Machine’s Valory imprint.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
The royalties for music composition are received by songwriters and publishers, while those for sound recording are paid to song performers and their labels, Howard said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
The new collaborative platform launches in 2026, and UMG artists and songwriters can opt in to participate.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2025
This is one of the things about the young songwriters of today.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
In a move that met with widespread criticism, last year Spotify reduced its royalty payments to musicians and songwriters by hundreds of millions of dollars per year by automatically imposing a bundling plan with its audiobooks division that few music fans would seem likely to want.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Bart Herbison, executive director of NSAI, said the group is excited that Live Nation is recognizing Nashville songwriters as the backbone of the music community.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Oct. 2025
Of the 14 non-performing songwriters or songwriting teams on the ballot, the top three will be inducted.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
Conner Smith – The Storyteller Conner Smith grew up in Nashville and started working with some of the Music City’s top songwriters as a teenager before signing to Big Machine’s Valory imprint.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
The royalties for music composition are received by songwriters and publishers, while those for sound recording are paid to song performers and their labels, Howard said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for songwriters
Noun
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To be sure, the two composers had little in common, beyond being born in 1935.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The film had already landed distribution from Netflix when co-chief Ted Sarandos agreed to screen it at last year’s fest, where composers Clément Ducol and Camille led a special concert.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Season Two was filmed after the musicians completed their military service in South Korea.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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And in the early 1970s, two of the most famous musicians in the world learned about a lot of it from a TV in their cozy, two-bedroom love nest in New York City’s West Village.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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No two lyricists write lyrics the same way, just as no two novelists write novels the same way.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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So that would be the difference to me, of working with them, as far as them as lyricists.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Ethan Hawke stars as Lorenz Hart of legendary songsmiths Rodgers & Hart as the prolific partnership disintegrates to his great dismay.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Songwriters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songwriters. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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