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 |
|---|---|
| Randy Goodrum | — |
| Brent Maher | — |
| Jan Dyer | — |
| Jeff Tweel | — |
| Florrie Palmer | — |
| Sean Douglas | — |
| Jimmy Buffett | singer-songwriter |
|
B-u-f-f-e-t-t
surface form:
Jimmy Buffett
|
singer-songwriter |
|
Nevis Chetan Gahunia
surface form:
Nelly Furtado
|
singer-songwriter |
| Moya Brennan | — |
| Gillian Welch | singer-songwriter |
| Andrew M. Paley | singer-songwriter |
| Marvin Etzioni | — |
| Gary Rossington | — |
| Ronnie Van Zant | — |
| Paradime | — |
| Tino Gross | — |
|
Kennett, Missouri, United States
surface form:
Sheryl Crow
|
singer-songwriter |
|
Years & Years
surface form:
Olly Alexander
|
— |
| Andy Prieboy | singer-songwriter |
|
Waits
surface form:
Tom Waits
|
singer-songwriter |
| Kathleen Brennan | — |
| Mark Lanegan | singer-songwriter |
|
Imogen
surface form:
Imogen Heap
|
singer-songwriter |
|
Heap
surface form:
Imogen Heap
|
singer-songwriter |
| Guy Sigsworth | — |
| Linda Ronstadt | — |
| Vince Gill | singer-songwriter |
| Trevor Guthrie | singer-songwriter |
| Lou Doillon | singer-songwriter |
| Pops Staples | — |
| John Garrison | singer-songwriter |
| Mick Ronson | — |
| Guy Chambers | — |
| John William Weller Jr. | singer-songwriter |
|
Weller
surface form:
Paul Weller
|
singer-songwriter |
| Dido | singer-songwriter |
| Emeli Sandé | singer-songwriter |
| Nick Mundy | — |
| Bernie Worrell | — |
| Justin Furstenfeld | — |
| Tommy Makem | — |
| Andrew Ridgeley | — |
| Alexandra Lenas | — |
|
Studio MixArt, Montreal
surface form:
Leonard Cohen
|
singer-songwriter |
|
Doc
surface form:
Doc Watson
|
— |
| Tony Rice | — |
| Norman Blake | — |
| Dr. Ross | — |
| R.L. Burnside | — |