Taylor Swift is set to become the second-youngest songwriter ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, a milestone that further cements her influence on contemporary music.
The 36-year-old pop star will join an elite group of songwriters whose work has shaped generations of listeners.
The organisation announced on Wednesday that Swift will be inducted later this year, placing her behind only Stevie Wonder, who was 33 when he received the honour in 1983.
Swift will be inducted alongside fellow musicians Alanis Morissette and Kenny Loggins, as well as Kiss bandmates Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. The ceremony is scheduled to take place on 11 June at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York, according to an announcement made on CBS Mornings.
Speaking ahead of the reveal, CBS culture correspondent Anthony Mason praised the inductees for their lasting cultural impact. “They’ve literally written the soundtrack to our lives,” he said. “The songs we dance to, cry to and rock out to.”
Founded in 1969, the Songwriters Hall of Fame recognises composers and lyricists whose work has stood the test of time. To be eligible, a songwriter must have released their first commercially available song at least 20 years prior to induction and possess a significant body of work.
Swift’s career, which began as a teenage country artist before expanding into pop and alternative genres, has been marked by both commercial success and critical acclaim. She has won 14 Grammy Awards, including four for album of the year, more than any other artist in the category.
Her most recent album, The Life of a Showgirl, achieved record-breaking first-week sales, becoming the biggest debut of the modern era, according to Billboard. The publication cited figures from Luminate, a firm that tracks music consumption across formats.
In May 2025, Swift announced that she had regained ownership of her entire music catalogue, including the master recordings of her first six albums. The move was widely seen as a landmark moment in the ongoing debate around artists’ rights and ownership within the music industry.
Later that year, her global Eras tour, which broke multiple attendance and revenue records, was adapted into both a concert film and a six-part documentary series released on Disney+.
Swift’s 2024 album, The Tortured Poets Department, also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and went on to sell the equivalent of eight million albums in the United States, further underlining her enduring commercial power.
