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 |
|---|---|
|
Counting Crows
surface form:
Adam Duritz
|
— |
| Robin Thicke | — |
| Peter Dodds McCormick | — |
| Tyrese Gibson | — |
| Povel Ramel | — |
| Lead Belly | singer-songwriter |
|
Ian and Sylvia
surface form:
Ian Tyson
|
singer-songwriter |
| Ricky Nelson | — |
| Robbie Robertson | — |
| Imogen Heap | singer-songwriter |
| Robert James Ritchie | — |
| Sheryl Crow | singer-songwriter |
| Tom Waits | singer-songwriter |
| Warren Zevon | singer-songwriter |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | — |
|
Out of My Mind
surface form:
James Blunt
|
singer-songwriter |
| David Bowie | singer-songwriter |
| Robbie Williams | — |
| Phil Collins | singer-songwriter |
| Paul Weller | singer-songwriter |
| Smokey Robinson | — |
| Hal Bynum | — |
| Pete Seeger | — |
| Doc Watson | — |
| Jeff Lynne | singer-songwriter |
| Levon Helm | — |
| George Michael | — |
| will.i.am | — |
| Anthony Hamilton | singer-songwriter |
| Robin Gibb | — |
| Albhy Galuten | — |
| Cynthia Dall | singer-songwriter |