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 |
| Broadway composer | 22 |
| country music songwriter | 21 |
| American lyricist | 18 |
| hymn writer | 15 |
| songwriting team | 13 |
| hymnwriter | 10 |
| 歌人 | 4 |
| country songwriter | 3 |
| American songwriters | 2 |
| pop songwriter | 2 |
| 20th-century American songwriter | 1 |
| American country music songwriter | 1 |
| Chinese songwriter | 1 |
| Hollywood songwriter | 1 |
| composer of popular music | 1 |
| hip hop songwriter | 1 |
| novelty songwriter | 1 |
| political songwriter | 1 |
| rock and roll songwriter | 1 |
| rock music writer | 1 |
| songwriters | 1 |
| songwriting alias | 1 |
| στιχουργός | 1 |
| シンガーソングライター | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|
| J. Fred Coots | — |
| Gordon Moakes | — |
| Denny Doherty | — |
| Rissi Palmer | singer-songwriter |
| Liam Lynch | — |
| Boi-1da | — |
| Richard Edward Arnold | — |
| Philip Whitman Elvrum | — |
| E.G. Daily | — |
| Chara | singer-songwriter |
| Mina Tindle | singer-songwriter |
| Kate Stables | singer-songwriter |
| Aldous Harding | singer-songwriter |
| Scott Walker | singer-songwriter |
| Al Stewart | singer-songwriter |
|
No Good
surface form:
Perfume Genius
|
singer-songwriter |
|
Don’t Let Them In
surface form:
Perfume Genius
|
singer-songwriter |
|
Mraz
surface form:
Jason Mraz
|
singer-songwriter |
| Tristan Prettyman | singer-songwriter |
| Christina Perri | singer-songwriter |
|
Berninger
surface form:
Matt Berninger
|
— |
| Nicole Marshall | — |
| Marcia Ball | singer-songwriter |
|
I Thought I Was a Child
surface form:
Jackson Browne
|
singer-songwriter |
| Jesse Ed Davis | — |
| Livingston and Evans | American songwriters |
| Matt Hoopes | — |
|
Kacey
surface form:
Kacey Musgraves
|
singer-songwriter |
| Shane McAnally | — |
| Luke Laird | — |
| Ruston Kelly | singer-songwriter |
| Jef Lee Johnson | — |
| Ethan Gruska | singer-songwriter |
|
Michaelson
surface form:
Ingrid Michaelson
|
singer-songwriter |
| Jeremy Reeves | — |
| Mindi Abair | — |
|
Stefanie Ridel – vocalist
surface form:
Stefanie Ridel
|
— |
|
American (Fergie)
surface form:
Fergie
|
— |
| Justin Broadrick | — |
| G. C. Green | — |
| Ross MacManus | — |
|
Bottle It Up
surface form:
Sara Bareilles
|
singer-songwriter |
|
Many the Miles
surface form:
Sara Bareilles
|
singer-songwriter |
| Eric Rosse | — |
| Jonas Myrin | singer-songwriter |
|
The Passing Show of 1996
surface form:
Bert Kalmar
|
lyricist |
| Jason Joel Desrouleaux | — |
| Bill Lefler | — |
|
Of the Mother Again
surface form:
Jim James
|
singer-songwriter |
|
Taylor Goldsmith – vocals, guitar
surface form:
Taylor Goldsmith
|
singer-songwriter |