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 |
|---|---|
| Jazmine Sullivan | singer-songwriter |
| Barry Manilow | singer-songwriter |
| Chaka Khan | — |
| Richie Havens | singer-songwriter |
| Sam Cooke | singer-songwriter |
| Eric Church | singer-songwriter |
| Mimi Fariña | — |
| Stevie Wonder | singer-songwriter |
| Redman | — |
|
Audie
surface form:
Audie Murphy
|
country music songwriter |
| Pusha T | — |
| Common Sense | — |
| Ja Rule | — |
| Nick Cave | singer-songwriter |
| Jeff Buckley | singer-songwriter |
|
Petty
surface form:
Tom Petty
|
singer-songwriter |
| Stevie Nicks | singer-songwriter |
| Mike Campbell | — |
| Keyshia Cole | — |
| Ryan Adams | singer-songwriter |
| Bryan Adams | singer-songwriter |
| Richard Rodgers | — |
| Malvina Reynolds | singer-songwriter |
| Judee Sill | singer-songwriter |
| Dave Van Ronk | — |
| Benmont Tench | — |
| Toby Gad | — |
| Warryn Campbell | — |
| Jeff Beck | — |
| Kazuo Ishiguro | — |
| Danielle Spencer | singer-songwriter |
| Al Green | — |
| Kelly Rowland | — |
| Samuel Francis Smith | hymnwriter |
| Rodrigo Amarante | singer-songwriter |
| Victor Willis | — |
| Cardi B | — |
| T.I. | — |
| Lil Uzi Vert | — |
| Shel Silverstein | — |
|
Kim
surface form:
Kim Carnes
|
singer-songwriter |
| Tracy Chapman | singer-songwriter |
| Jakob Dylan | singer-songwriter |
| Fink | singer-songwriter |
| Garth Hudson | — |
| Fats Domino | singer-songwriter |
| B.o.B | — |
| Cormega | — |
| Israel Kamakawiwoʻole | singer-songwriter |
| Édith Piaf | — |