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 |
|---|---|
|
Levon
surface form:
Levon Helm
|
— |
| Gracie Abrams | singer-songwriter |
| Allison Moorer | singer-songwriter |
| Dann Huff | — |
| Jesse Frasure | — |
| Jane Birkin | — |
|
Nobody’s Fool
surface form:
Hal Bynum
|
— |
| Bill Anderson | singer-songwriter |
| Ernest Tubb | — |
| Michael Jackson | — |
| George Gershwin | — |
| J-Kwon | — |
| Waddy Wachtel | — |
|
John
surface form:
John William Weller Jr.
|
singer-songwriter |
| Jimmy Bowen | — |
| Prince | singer-songwriter |
| Taylor Swift | singer-songwriter |
|
Bjork
surface form:
Björk
|
— |
| David Dundas | — |
| Carlos Rios | — |
| Barry Sadler | singer-songwriter |
| Richard Marx | singer-songwriter |
| The Underdogs | songwriting team |
| Tamela Mann | — |
| Jesse Woods | singer-songwriter |
| Arthel Lane Watson | — |
| Joe Walsh | — |
| Stunna 4 Vegas | — |
| Robert Lowry (hymn writer) | hymn writer |
| Mark Lowry | — |
| Sarah McLachlan | singer-songwriter |
| Mike Rodden | — |
| Patty Smyth | — |
| Clif Magness | — |
| LeRoy Marinell | — |
|
Ledbetter
surface form:
Huddie Ledbetter
|
singer-songwriter |
| Sylvia Tyson | singer-songwriter |
| Gordon Lightfoot | singer-songwriter |
| Lee Hays | — |
| Robert Hunter | lyricist |
|
Anna (Go to Him)
surface form:
Arthur Alexander
|
singer-songwriter |
| Roy Wood | singer-songwriter |
| Keith Moon | — |
| Delaney Bramlett | — |
| Jim Gordon | — |
| Bill Monroe | — |
| Dawn Richard | — |
| Kalenna Harper | singer-songwriter |
| Larry Smith | — |
| Jackie Trent | — |