Songwriters Hall of Fame Announces 2027 Nominees

The 2027 Songwriter Hall Of Fame Nominees are finally here.

Congratulations to America (Dewey Bunnell & Gerry Beckley), Boy George, Dan Wilson, George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam, and WAR for being nominated for this year’s class

Read more about the Primary Wave artists who made the induction class below:

America (Gerry Beckley & Dewey Bunnell)

A Horse with No Name * Ventura Highway * Sister Golden Hair * I Need You * Tin Man

Boy George

Karma Chameleon * Do You Really Want To Hurt Me * Time (Clock of the Heart) * It’s A Miracle * Victims

Dan Wilson

Closing Time * Someone Like You * Not Ready To Make Nice * White Horse * Treacherous

George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam

How Will I Know * I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) * Waiting For A Star To Fall * I Know You By Heart * Bring Down the Moon

Pete Waterman  (Stock Aitken Waterman)

Never Gonna Give You Up * I Should Be So Lucky * Together Forever * This Time I Know It’s For Real * Especially For You

WAR

(Thomas Sylvester Allen (d), Harold Ray Brown, Morris “B.B.” Dickerson (d), Jerry Goldstein, LeRoy L. Jordan, Lee Oskar Levitin, Charles William Miller (d) and Howard E. Scott)

Low Rider * Why Can’t We Be Friends * The Cisco Kid * The World Is A Ghetto * Spill The Wine

Read the full list of nominees at SongHall.org