songwriter

C430
concept

A songwriter is a creative professional who composes lyrics and melodies to craft original songs for performance and recording.

All labels observed (27)

Label Occurrences
songwriter canonical 5,665
singer-songwriter 1,739
lyricist 402

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: songwriter
Generated description
A songwriter is a creative professional who composes lyrics and melodies to craft original songs for performance and recording.

Instances (7,632)

Instance Via concept surface
Zack de la Rocha
Kerry Brothers Jr.
Linda Perry singer-songwriter
Heather Headley
Bert Berns
Gene Chandler
Jim McCarty
Paul Samwell-Smith
Donald
surface form: Donald Eugene Gibson
singer-songwriter
Ian Craig Marsh
Wojciech Sosnowski
Uli Jon Roth
Wolfgang Van Halen
Alvin Lee singer-songwriter
Mathis James Reed singer-songwriter
Riz Ortolani
Melanie Chisholm
Njomza singer-songwriter
Mario "Yellow Man" Winans
Kevin McCall
Richard L. Simon
surface form: Carly Simon
singer-songwriter
Phil Cunningham
Stuart Matthewman
Chris DeStefano
David Knopfler singer-songwriter
Alex Van Halen
Floyd Cramer
Bob Merrill (lyricist of Funny Girl)
surface form: Bob Merrill
DJ Quik
Lupe Fiasco
The Weeknd
Bilal singer-songwriter
Jon Batiste
Mytown
surface form: Danny O’Donoghue
Bo Bruce singer-songwriter
Aaron Thibeaux Walker
Gatemouth Brown
Frank Perkins
Carl Thompson
Jennette McCurdy
Joyce Grenfell
Madonna
Benny Andersen
John Newman
Rag'n'Bone Man singer-songwriter
Brian Alexander Morgan
Lady Saw
Errol "Poppi" McCalla Jr.
Ms. Jade
Frankie Smith singer-songwriter