2026 Nominees for Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame Introduced

The Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame (NaSHOF) has unveiled the primary group of nominees for its Class of 2026, recognizing 12 of Music Metropolis’s most achieved songwriters throughout the Modern Songwriter and Modern Songwriter/Artist classes.

The ultimate checklist of 2026 inductees might be introduced within the coming weeks earlier than being formally welcomed into the Corridor of Fame throughout this yr’s induction ceremony.

“Properly-deserved congratulations to all of the nominees in our up to date classes,” stated NaSHOF Government Director Mark Ford. “We stay up for asserting those that might be inducted this fall as members of our Class of 2026.”

This yr’s Modern Songwriter nominees embrace Jim Beavers, Shawn Camp, Rodney Clawson, Dallas Davidson, Marv Inexperienced, Lee Thomas Miller, Neil Thrasher, and Chris Tompkins. Collectively, the group has penned tons of of hit songs for nation music’s greatest stars whereas serving to outline the sound of recent Nashville.

The Modern Songwriter/Artist class options an equally spectacular lineup with Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Taylor Swift, and Phil Vassar incomes nominations. Every has loved great success each as recording artists and as acclaimed songwriters whose catalogs have influenced nation music and past.

To be eligible for nomination, songwriters should have written their first vital songs no less than 20 years in the past, guaranteeing their physique of labor has stood the take a look at of time.

Voting might be performed by Corridor of Fame members together with a choose group {of professional} songwriters and artists. From this yr’s nominees, two Modern Songwriters and one Modern Songwriter/Artist will earn induction into the celebrated Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame later this yr.

As all the time, the annual induction acknowledges the creators behind lots of nation music’s most enduring songs, celebrating the writers whose work continues to form Nashville’s wealthy musical legacy.

Nominees (Songwriters):
 
Jim Beavers is a Texas native whose songwriting credit embrace “Drink A Beer” by Luke Bryan, “Sideways” by Dierks Bentley and “Watching Airplanes” by Gary Allan.
 
Shawn Camp is an Arkansas native whose songwriting credit embrace “A Stunning Time” by Willie Nelson, “How Lengthy Gone” by Brooks & Dunn and “Two Piña Coladas” by Garth Brooks.
 
Rodney Clawson is a Texas native whose songwriting credit embrace “Amarillo Sky” by Jason Aldean, “Drunk On You” by Luke Bryan and “I Noticed God Right now” by George Strait.
 
Dallas Davidson is a Georgia native whose songwriting credit embrace “Boys ’Spherical Right here” by Blake Shelton w/ Pistol Annies & Associates, “Simply A Kiss” by Girl Antebellum and “One Of Them Women” by Lee Brice. 
 
Marv Inexperienced is a Southern California native whose songwriting credit embrace “Amazed” by Lonestar, “I Known as Mama” by Tim McGraw and “Wasted” by Carrie Underwood. 
 
Lee Thomas Miller is a Kentucky native whose songwriting credit embrace “In Coloration” by Jamey Johnson, “The Inconceivable” by Joe Nichols and “You’re Gonna Miss This” by Hint Adkins.
 
Neil Thrasher is an Alabama native whose songwriting credit embrace “How Nation Feels” by Randy Houser, “There Goes My Life” by Kenny Chesney and “Attempt That In A Small City” by Jason Aldean.  
 
Chris Tompkins is an Alabama native whose songwriting credit embrace “Earlier than He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood, “Drunk On You” by Luke Bryan, and “Lies Lies Lies” by Morgan Wallen.
 
Nominees (Songwriter/Artists):
 
Miranda Lambert is a Texas native whose songwriting credit embrace her personal “Computerized” and “Over You,” in addition to “Choosin’ Texas” by Ella Langley.
 
Chris Stapleton is a Kentucky native whose songwriting credit embrace his personal “Damaged Halos” and “Beginning Over,” in addition to “By no means Needed Nothing Extra” by Kenny Chesney. 
 
Taylor Swift is a Pennsylvania-born, Nashville-raised songwriter whose credit embrace her personal “I Knew It, I Knew You” and “Love Story,” in addition to “Higher Man” by Little Huge City. 
 
Phil Vassar is a Virginia native whose songwriting credit embrace his personal “In A Actual Love” and “Simply One other Day In Paradise,” in addition to “Bye, Bye” by Jo Dee Messina. 

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