Taylor Swift will become the second youngest songwriter ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36. The pop star will join the likes of Stevie Wonder, who was 33 when he was inducted in 1983.
Swift will be inducted alongside Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins, and Kiss band members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. The ceremony is set for June 11 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, the organisation said on CBS Mornings.
«They’ve literally written the soundtrack to our lives. The songs we dance to, cry to and rock out to,» culture correspondent Anthony Mason said on the show.
The Songwriters Hall of Fame, founded in 1969, requires that candidates have a notable body of work and be eligible 20 years after the first commercial release of a song.
Swift, a 14-time Grammy winner, has earned four album of the year awards. Her most recent album, The Life of a Showgirl, sold more copies in its first week than any other modern-era release, according to Billboard and sales tracker Luminate. In May 2025, she announced she had bought back her music rights, reclaiming ownership of her master recordings, including her first six albums.
Her record-breaking Eras tour later produced a concert film and a six-part documentary series on Disney+. Her 2024 album The Tortured Poets Department debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and sold the equivalent of eight million albums in the United States, according to Luminate.
