Taylor Swift, 36, will become the second-youngest songwriter ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, joining Stevie Wonder, who was 33 when he was inducted in 1983, the organization announced Wednesday.
The accolade places the 14-time Grammy Award-winning pop superstar among the most acclaimed songwriters of all time, according to The Guardian.
Swift will be inducted alongside Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins and Kiss bandmates Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons at the June 11 ceremony at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York, the organization told CBS Mornings.
“They literally wrote the soundtrack to our lives. The songs we dance to, cry to and listen to at the top of our lungs”culture correspondent Anthony Mason said on CBS Mornings before the artists included were announced.
Established in 1969, the Songwriters Hall of Fame requires inductees to have a notable song catalog to be eligible, at least 20 years after a song’s first commercial release.
The hit singer “Bad Blood” won four Grammy Awards for album of the year. His latest release, The Life of a Showgirl, sold more copies than any other album in the modern era in its first week, according to Billboard, which cites data from Luminate, a firm that tracks music sales.
In May 2025, Swift announced that she had purchased the rights to her music, officially claiming ownership of all of her original recordings, including her first six albums.
Later that year, his record-breaking Eras tour spawned a concert film and a six-part documentary series tracking the tour’s success on Disney+.
His 2024 album The Tortured Poets Department, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, has sold the equivalent of 8 million albums in the US, according to Luminate.
