Taylor Swift is among the nominees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s class of 2026.
The 35-year-old Swift becomes eligible in 2026, 20 years after her first commercial release (her debut single “Tim McGraw” arrived in June 2006). If selected, Swift would be the second-youngest inductee in the Hall’s history, behind only Stevie Wonder, who was enshrined in 1983 at age 32.
Swift is a finalist in the performer-songwriter category alongside David Byrne, P!NK, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS, Sarah McLachlan, LL Cool J, The Go Go’s, Boz Scaggs, Kenny Loggins, Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings of The Guess Who, Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters, and Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America.
The non-performing songwriter category includes pop producers Andreas Carlsson (Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way” and NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye”) and Steve Kipner (Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical” and Christina Aguilera’s “Genie In A Bottle”), Madonna collaborator Patrick Leonard (“Like A Prayer” and “Live To Tell”), and Donna Sommer scribe Pete Bellotte ( “Hot Stuff,” “I Feel Love,” and “Love To Love You Baby”).
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Voting runs through December 4th, with eligible voters able to select up to three nominees from each category. The 2026 inductees will be announced early next year.