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 |
|---|---|
| Evert Taube | singer-songwriter |
| Neil Tennant | — |
| Patrice Wilson | — |
| Betty Mabry | singer-songwriter |
| Malcolm McLaren | — |
|
The Pleased
surface form:
Joanna Newsom
|
singer-songwriter |
|
leannrimes
surface form:
LeAnn Rimes
|
— |
| Buck Owens | singer-songwriter |
| Jule Styne | — |
| Cydel Charles Young | — |
| Wiz Khalifa | — |
| Deborah Falconer | singer-songwriter |
| Carol Joan Klein | singer-songwriter |
| Jimmy Hogarth | — |
| Maria Travia | lyricist |
| Neil Young | singer-songwriter |
| Joan Baez | — |
| Philip Doddridge | hymnwriter |
| Lukas Nelson | singer-songwriter |
| Ally Maine | singer-songwriter |
| Steve Earle | singer-songwriter |
| John Legend | — |
| Phil Elverum | singer-songwriter |
| Ben Harper | singer-songwriter |
| Dan Romer | — |
| Jason Derulo | — |
| Eddy Arnold | — |
| Johnny Marks | — |
| Gene Autry | — |
| Tony Mills | — |
| Don Was | — |
|
Cry to Laugh
surface form:
Blake Mills
|
singer-songwriter |
| Shawn Colvin | singer-songwriter |
| Elvis Costello | singer-songwriter |
| Ingrid Michaelson | singer-songwriter |
| Jason Mraz | singer-songwriter |
| Matt Berninger | — |
|
Aaron Dessner – guitar, keyboards, production
surface form:
Aaron Dessner
|
— |
| Ray Evans | lyricist |
| Kacey Musgraves | singer-songwriter |
|
Stacy
surface form:
Stacy Ann Ferguson
|
— |
| Printz Board | — |
| Macy Gray | singer-songwriter |
| Chali 2na | — |
| Sting International | — |
| Bobby Ross Avila | — |
| Posdnuos | — |
| CL Smooth | — |
| Esthero | singer-songwriter |
| Mamer | singer-songwriter |