Slim Shady may very well be headed to the Songwriters Corridor of Fame.
Eminem is one in every of a number of performing songwriters nominated for the celebrated honor, together with Janet Jackson, Alanis Morissette, N.W.A., Sheryl Crow, George Clinton, Bryan Adams, Mike Love, Boy George, Steve Winwood, Doobie Brothers, David Gates and Tommy James.
Non-performing songwriters who earned nominations embrace Walter Afanasieff, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Narada Michael Walden, Steve Barri and P.F. Sloan, Mike Chapman, Tony Macaulay, Sonny Curtis, Tom Douglas, Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, Roger Nichols, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, Franne Golde and Ashley Gorley, who earned two nominations for finest nation tune on the Grammys final week.
Eligible voting members will choose their selections of as much as three nominees in every of the songwriter and performing songwriter classes. The winners will probably be honored subsequent yr on the group’s Induction & Awards Gala in New York Metropolis. A songwriter with a catalog of notable songs qualifies for induction 20 years after their first important industrial launch of a tune.
R.E.M., Timbaland, Steely Dan, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford have been inducted into the Songwriters Corridor’s 2024 class earlier this yr. The occasion additionally honored SZA and Diane Warren.
