songwriters
294 notable songwriters on file — 145 still here, 149 not.
still with us (30 of 145)
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Lady Gaga
aliveAmerican singer-songwriter and actress (born 1986)
born 1986
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Madonna
aliveAmerican singer (born 1958)
born 1958
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Bob Dylan
aliveAmerican singer-songwriter (born 1941)
born 1941
Justin Bieber
aliveCanadian singer-songwriter (born 1994)
born 1994
Eminem
aliveAmerican rapper, record producer and actor
born 1972
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Beyoncé
aliveAmerican singer-songwriter (born 1981)
born 1981
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Agnez Mo
aliveIndonesian singer and actress
born 1986
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Britney Spears
aliveAmerican singer, songwriter, actress and model (born 1981)
born 1981
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Ariana Grande
aliveAmerican singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1993)
born 1993
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Mariah Carey
aliveAmerican singer (born 1969)
born 1969
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Nicki Minaj
aliveTrinidadian rapper (born 1982)
born 1982
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Enya
aliveIrish singer (born 1961)
born 1961
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Dua Lipa
aliveBritish singer-songwriter (born 1995)
born 1995
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50 Cent
aliveAmerican rapper and actor (born 1975)
born 1975
Bruce Springsteen
aliveAmerican rock singer (born 1949)
born 1949
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Bruno Mars
aliveAmerican singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1985)
born 1985
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Snoop Dogg
aliveAmerican rapper (born 1971)
born 1971
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Andrea Bocelli
aliveItalian tenor and singer-songwriter (born 1958)
born 1958
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Robbie Williams
aliveBritish singer (born 1974)
born 1974
R. Kelly
aliveAmerican singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1967)
born 1967
Drake
aliveCanadian and American rapper, singer, and actor (born 1986)
born 1986
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Pink
aliveAmerican singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1979)
born 1979
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Jay-Z
aliveAmerican rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur
born 1969
Ice Cube
aliveAmerican rapper and actor
born 1969
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Harry Styles
aliveEnglish singer, songwriter and actor
born 1994
Lil Wayne
aliveAmerican rapper (born 1982)
born 1982
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Zayn Malik
aliveEnglish singer
born 1993
Chris Brown
aliveAmerican singer and rapper (born 1989)
born 1989
Kendrick Lamar
aliveAmerican rapper and songwriter (born 1987)
born 1987
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Lenny Kravitz
aliveAmerican guitarist and singer (born 1964)
born 1964
gone (30 of 149)
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Michael Jackson
deadAmerican singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer
1958 – 2009
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Tupac Shakur
deadAmerican rapper and actor
1971 – 1996
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Kurt Cobain
deadAmerican rock musician, singer and songwriter
1967 – 1994
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George Harrison
deadEnglish musician and member of the Beatles
1943 – 2001
Aretha Franklin
deadAmerican singer, songwriter, and pianist
1942 – 2018
Donna Summer
deadAmerican singer
1948 – 2012
Ronnie James Dio
deadAmerican heavy metal singer
1942 – 2010
The Notorious B.I.G.
deadAmerican rapper
1972 – 1997
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XXXTentacion
deadAmerican rapper
1998 – 2018
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Little Richard
deadAmerican musician
1932 – 2020
Françoise Hardy
deadFrench singer
1944 – 2024
Chris Cornell
deadAmerican musician
1964 – 2017
Connie Francis
deadAmerican singer and actress
1937 – 2025
Astrud Gilberto
deadBrazilian-American singer and songwriter
1940 – 2023
Juice Wrld
deadAmerican rapper and singer
1998 – 2019
Moya Brennan
deadIrish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist
1952 – 2026
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Jimmy Cliff
deadJamaican musician
1944 – 2025
Mac Miller
deadAmerican rapper
1992 – 2018
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Oliver Tree
deadAmerican singer, record producer, and comedian
1993 – 2026
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Aaron Carter
deadAmerican pop singer, actor and songwriter
1987 – 2022
Eric Carmen
deadAmerican singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist
1949 – 2024
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Tito Jackson
deadAmerican musician
1953 – 2024
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Ace Frehley
deadAmerican guitarist
1951 – 2025
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Hillel Slovak
deadIsraeli-American musician
1962 – 1988
King Von
deadAmerican rapper
1994 – 2020
Andy Gibb
deadBritish singer
1958 – 1988
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Nipsey Hussle
deadAmerican rapper
1985 – 2019
Lisa Lopes
deadAmerican singer and rapper
1971 – 2002
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D’Angelo
deadAmerican musician
1974 – 2025
Denny Laine
deadBritish rock musician
1944 – 2023