Eminem, George Clinton, Janet Jackson, the Doobie Brothers, N.W.A. and Alanis Morissette are among the nominees for the 2025 class at the an eclectic group of rap, rock, hip-hop and pop pioneers.

Joining them on the ballot are Bryan Adams, with radio staples like 91裸聊视频淪ummer of 91裸聊视频�6991裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淗ave You Ever Really Loved a Woman?,91裸聊视频� and Mike Love of the Beach Boys, hoping to get in 25 years after band founder Brian Wilson. David Gates, co-lead singer of the pop-music group Bread, is also looking for entry.

The Hall annually inducts performers and non-performers alike, and the latter category this year includes Walter Afanasieff, who helped with her smash 91裸聊视频淎ll I Want for Christmas Is You;91裸聊视频� Mike Chapman, who co-wrote Pat Benatar91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淟ove Is a Battlefield;91裸聊视频� and Narada Michael Walden, the architect of Whitney Houston91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淗ow Will I Know91裸聊视频� and Aretha Franklin91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淔reeway of Love.91裸聊视频�

Eligible voting members have until Dec. 22 to turn in ballots with their choices of three nominees from the songwriter category and three from the performing-songwriter category. The Associated Press got an early copy of the list.

Several performers are getting another shot at entry, including Clinton, whose Parliament-Funkadelic collective was hugely influential with hits like 91裸聊视频淎tomic Dog91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淕ive Up the Funk,91裸聊视频� and The Doobie Brothers 91裸聊视频� Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons and 91裸聊视频� with such classics as 91裸聊视频淟isten to the Music91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淟ong Train Runnin.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� Steve Winwood, whose hits include 91裸聊视频淗igher Love91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淩oll With It,91裸聊视频� has also been on the ballot before.

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If Jackson, whose 1989 album 91裸聊视频淩hythm Nation91裸聊视频� was a landmark, gets into the Hall, it will be more than two decades after her late brother Michael. The Canadian songwriter Morissette, whose influential 91裸聊视频淛agged Little Pill91裸聊视频� has won Grammys, Tonys, Junos and MTV awards would also add to the Hall91裸聊视频檚 rocking women. (Glen Ballard, who helped produce and write the album, is already in.)

As would Crow, the 91裸聊视频淎ll I Wanna Do91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淓veryday Is a Winding Road91裸聊视频� singer-songwriter, is having a critical resurgence after being inducted into the . Boy George lifts the flag for 91裸聊视频�80s New Wave with the Culture Club hits 91裸聊视频淜arma Chameleon91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淒o You Really Want to Hurt Me.91裸聊视频�

Other nominees for the non-performing category include Franne Golde, who co-wrote Selena91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频滵reaming of You;91裸聊视频� Tom Douglas, who wrote country hits for Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert; Ashley Gorley, fresh off his co-writing smash 91裸聊视频淚 Had Some Help91裸聊视频� by Post Malone and Morgan Wallen; and Roger Nichols, who co-wrote The Carpenters91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频砏e91裸聊视频檝e Only Just Begun.91裸聊视频�

They join Rodney 91裸聊视频淒arkchild91裸聊视频� Jerkins, who contributed to the hit 91裸聊视频砊he Boy Is Mine91裸聊视频� by Brandy and Monica; Sonny Curtis, former member of the Crickets who wrote and performed the theme song for 91裸聊视频淭he Mary Tyler Moore Show,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频滾ove is All Around,91裸聊视频� and British composer Tony Macaulay, who wrote 91裸聊视频淏uild Me Up Buttercup.91裸聊视频�

The Hall also put forward three songwriting teams: Steve Barri and P.F. Sloan, who wrote 91裸聊视频淪ecret Agent Man;91裸聊视频� and Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, who penned the Four Tops hit 91裸聊视频淎in91裸聊视频檛 No Woman (Like the One I91裸聊视频檝e Got);91裸聊视频� and Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, who wrote the Percy Sledge tune 91裸聊视频淥ut of Left Field.91裸聊视频�

The Songwriters Hall of Fame was established in 1969 to honor those creating the popular music. A songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first commercial release of a song.

Some already in the hall include Carole King, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Lionel Richie, Bill Withers, Neil Diamond and Phil Collins. Last year saw R.E.M., Steely Dan, Dean Pitchford, Hillary Lindsey and inducted.

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