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
There’s a lot of tradesmen, but songwriters… There’s not loads of them.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Audiences often identify the creative core of a band with its songwriters or most visible performers who are often one and the same, but groups are organisms that rely on the positive interactions of the participants to achieve commercial results.
—Mike Alleyne, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
As managing director, Tello will be responsible for overseeing creative and business operations across Spain and Portugal, strengthening key relationships with clients and industry partners, and expanding global support for SMP songwriters.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Each year, the show honors outstanding achievement in Country Music — celebrating the artists, songwriters, musicians, producers, engineers, directors, and industry professionals whose work has shaped the genre.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
Lupillo was the sales manager at Cintas Acuario, while Jenni handled welcoming songwriters and registering songs for our publishing company.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
This year’s performers included songwriters and musicians Curtis & Loretta, Joel Mabus and Deidre McCalla.
—Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Certain nights feature vaudeville or comedy shows, songwriters’ circles, and movie screenings.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
Surrounded by a bunch of big, hokey hooks from veterans and newcomers of the pop-country elite—Daris Rucker, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett—and an army of songwriters, BigX goes through the ups and downs of a broken heart.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2025
Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Audiences often identify the creative core of a band with its songwriters or most visible performers who are often one and the same, but groups are organisms that rely on the positive interactions of the participants to achieve commercial results.
—Mike Alleyne, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
As managing director, Tello will be responsible for overseeing creative and business operations across Spain and Portugal, strengthening key relationships with clients and industry partners, and expanding global support for SMP songwriters.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Each year, the show honors outstanding achievement in Country Music — celebrating the artists, songwriters, musicians, producers, engineers, directors, and industry professionals whose work has shaped the genre.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
Lupillo was the sales manager at Cintas Acuario, while Jenni handled welcoming songwriters and registering songs for our publishing company.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
This year’s performers included songwriters and musicians Curtis & Loretta, Joel Mabus and Deidre McCalla.
—Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Certain nights feature vaudeville or comedy shows, songwriters’ circles, and movie screenings.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
Surrounded by a bunch of big, hokey hooks from veterans and newcomers of the pop-country elite—Daris Rucker, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett—and an army of songwriters, BigX goes through the ups and downs of a broken heart.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for songwriters
Noun
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From 1947 to 1954, Jenkins hosted summer music conferences in Steinhall, which brought together top composers and teachers to discuss music composition, materials, and new music trends.—
Sarah Biegelsen,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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Later, more students from SMU joined the Dinosaur Choir as composers, programmers, and performers.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The arrival was accompanied by a performance from the Household Cavalry band, whose musicians wore ornate state dress uniforms originally designed in the 1600s and woven with pure gold thread.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Yet on this evening, the four women—a German, a Pole, a Belgian and a Frenchwoman—were playing Beethoven’s masterpiece, clandestinely since Jewish musicians were not considered worthy of playing such magnificent German works and were doing so just for their own pleasure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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With a team based across New York, London, Los Angeles and Austin, ILP works closely with book authors, playwrights, lyricists and composers, along with their representatives, heirs and estate managers to protect legacies and bring classic works to new international audiences.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Songwriters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songwriters. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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