Taylor Swift, 36, is set to become the second-youngest songwriter ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the organisation announced on Wednesday. She will follow Stevie Wonder, who was inducted at age 33 in 1983. The accolade places the 14-time Grammy winner among some of the most influential songwriters across generations.
Swift will be inducted alongside Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins and Kiss members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, with the ceremony scheduled for June 11 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, the announcement said on CBS Mornings. Culture correspondent Anthony Mason described the inductees as artists who have “written the soundtrack to our lives.”
Founded in 1969, the Songwriters Hall of Fame requires candidates to have a substantial body of work and to be eligible 20 years after the first commercial release of a song.
The “Bad Blood” singer has won four Grammy Awards for album of the year. Her most recent album, The Life of a Showgirl, recorded the highest first-week sales of any modern-era release, according to Billboard, citing Luminate. In May 2025, Swift said she had repurchased her music catalogue, regaining ownership of all her master recordings, including her first six albums.
Her record-breaking Eras Tour later produced both a concert film and a six-part documentary series on Disney+. Meanwhile, her 2024 album The Tortured Poets Department debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and moved the equivalent of 8 million albums in the United States, Luminate reported.
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