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 |
|---|---|
| Duane Denison | — |
| Rob Knox | — |
| Nate "Danja" Hills | — |
| Garland Mosley | — |
| Walter De Backer | singer-songwriter |
| Rachel Bloom | — |
| Troye Sivan | — |
| Ivor Cutler | — |
| Jerome Kern | — |
| David Baerwald | singer-songwriter |
| Brandi Carlile | singer-songwriter |
| James Taylor | singer-songwriter |
| Conrad Sewell | singer-songwriter |
| Chris Cornell | singer-songwriter |
| Chad Hugo | — |
| Joan Osborne | singer-songwriter |
| Aubrey O’Day | — |
| Shannon Bex | — |
| D. Woods | — |
| Donnie Klang | — |
| Q Parker | — |
|
There’s a Bottom Below
surface form:
Malvina Reynolds
|
singer-songwriter |
| Luke Bryan | — |
| Patrick Sky | singer-songwriter |
| Tim Hardin | singer-songwriter |
| Sisqó | — |
| Erick Sermon | — |
| Bun B | — |
| Maino | — |
| Lyte | — |
| Cheryl James | — |
|
Hurby Luv Bug
surface form:
Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor
|
— |
| Gloria Gaynor | — |
| Melissa Manchester | singer-songwriter |
| John Cummings | — |
| Daron Jones | — |
| Grace Petrie | singer-songwriter |
| Laura Lynch | — |
| Arthur Johnston | — |
| Donovan Philips Leitch | singer-songwriter |
| Kim Petras | — |
| George Harrison | singer-songwriter |
|
Beverly
surface form:
Beverly Sainte-Marie
|
singer-songwriter |
| Tommy Henriksen | — |
| Buck Johnson | — |
| Taj Mahal | singer-songwriter |
| Pete Townshend | — |
| Roger Daltrey | — |
| Bobby Charles | singer-songwriter |
|
Over You
surface form:
Raphael Saadiq
|
singer-songwriter |