Eminem, N.W.A., Walter Afanasieff, Janet Jackson Top Songwriters Hall of Fame 2025 Nominees List
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The Songwriters Hall of Fame announces its nominees for 2025, including Eminem, Janet Jackson, and Walter Afanasieff.The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced its slate of nominees to be voted upon for its 2025 awards gala in New York City. This yearâs nominees include Eminem, Janet Jackson, and Walter Afanasieff. Afanasieff is a songwriter and producer with nearly 40 years of experience, best known for his work with Mariah Carey.
Songwriters Hall of Fame 2025 Nominees for InductionSongwriters
Walter Afanasieff â All I Want for Christmas Is You; Hero; License to Kill; Love Will Survive; One Sweet DaySteve Barri and P.F. Sloan â Secret Agent Man; Eve of Destruction; Where Were You When I Needed You; You Baby; Can I Get to Know YouMike Chapman (The Best; Love Is A Battlefield; Ballroom Blitz; Stumblinâ In; Kiss You All Over)Sonny Curtis â Love Is All Around (Theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show); I Fought the Law; Walk Right Back; More Than I Can Say; Iâm No Stranger to the RainTom Douglas â The House That Built Me; Little Rock; I Run To You; Grown Men Donât Cry; Love Me AnywayFranne Golde â Dreaming of You; Nightshift; Donât Look Any Further; Donât You Want Me; StickwituAshley Gorley â I Had Some Help; Last Night; You Should Probably Leave; Play It Again; Youâre Gonna Miss MeRodney âDarkchildâ Jerkins â Say My Name; The Boy Is Mine; You Rock My World; Deja Vu; TelephoneDennis Lambert and Brian Potter (One Tin Soldier (Theme from Billy Jack)); Donât Pull Your Love; Ainât No Woman (Like the One Iâve Got); It Only Takes a Minute; Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.))Tony Macaulay â Baby Now That Iâve Found You; Build Me Up Buttercup; Donât Give Up On Us; (Last Night) I Didnât Get to Sleep at All; Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)Roger Nichols â Weâve Only Just Begun; Rainy Days and Mondays; I Wonât Last a Day Without You; Out in the Country; Times of Your LifeDan Penn and Spooner Oldham â Iâm Your Puppet; Cry Like a Baby; A Woman Left Lonely; Out of Left Field; It Tears Me UpNarada Michael Walden â How Will I Know; Freeway of Love; Youâre a Friend of Mine; Baby Come to Me; Whoâs Zoominâ Who?Performing SongwritersBryan Adams â (Everything I Do) I Do It For You; Heaven; All for Love; Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?; Summer of â69George Alan OâDowd p/k/a Boy George â Karma Chameleon; Do You Really Want to Hurt Me; Time (Clock of the Heart); Love Is Love; Miss Me BlindGeorge Clinton â Atomic Dog; Flash Light; (Not Just) Knee Deep; Iâd Rather Be With You; Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)Sheryl Crow â All I Wanna Do; Soak Up the Sun; If It Makes You Happy; A Change Would Do You Good; Everyday Is a Winding RoadTom Johnston, Michael McDonald, and Patrick Simmons p/k/a The Doobie Brothers â Listen to the Music; Takinâ It to the Streets; Black Water; What a Fool Believes; Long Train RunninâMarshall Mathers p/k/a Eminem â Lose Yourself; Stan; Mockingbird; Houdini; Rap GodDavid Gates â Everything I Own; Make It WIth You; Baby Iâm-A Want You; The Guitar Man; IfJanet Jackson â Black Cat; Together Again; Again; Got âTil Itâs Gone; Rhythm NationTommy James â Mony Mony; Crimson and Clover; Crystal Blue Persuasion; Sweet Cherry Wine; Tighter, TighterMike Love â California Girls; Good Vibrations; The Warmth of the Sun; I Get Around; Fun, Fun, FunAlanis Morissette â You Oughta Know; Ironic; Hand in My Pocket; Thank U; UninvitedDr. Dre, Easy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella p/k/a N.W.A. â Express Yourself; Dopeman; Fuck Tha Police; Gangsta Gangsta; Straight Outta ComptonSteve Winwood â Higher Love; Gimme Some Lovinâ; Iâm a Man; Valerie; Roll With ItThe Songwriters Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognizing and celebrating composers and lyricists whose work has made an indelible impact on the world. A songwriter qualifies for induction 20 years after their first significant commercial release of a song.
