songwriter
noun
song·writ·er
ˈsȯŋ-ˌrī-tər 
: a person who composes words or music or both especially for popular songs
Examples of songwriter in a Sentence
an award-winning singer and songwriter
he's both a singer and a songwriter
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The singer, songwriter, and actor, who records under the name Djo, will release The Crux on April 4 via AWAL.
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Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 24 Jan. 2025
Peter Yarrow Peter Yarrow, the singer, songwriter, and political activist who was a major figure in the folk revival movement of the 1960s as one third of the music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died on Jan. 7 at 86 after a four-year battle with bladder cancer.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Among the notable songwriters who were shortlisted but not nominated: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pharrell Williams, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2025
For more than a decade, FKA twigs — the English songwriter, singer, producer and dancer Tahliah Debrett Barnett — has defied the stereotyping that faces a Black woman making her own music.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 24 Jan. 2025
Peter Yarrow Peter Yarrow, the singer, songwriter, and political activist who was a major figure in the folk revival movement of the 1960s as one third of the music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died on Jan. 7 at 86 after a four-year battle with bladder cancer.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Among the notable songwriters who were shortlisted but not nominated: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pharrell Williams, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2025
For more than a decade, FKA twigs — the English songwriter, singer, producer and dancer Tahliah Debrett Barnett — has defied the stereotyping that faces a Black woman making her own music.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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songwriter
noun
song·writ·er
ˈsȯŋ-ˌrīt-ər
: a person who composes words or music or both especially for popular songs
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