Taylor Swift, who is 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 said.
This recognition places the pop superstar, winner of 14 Grammy Awards, among the most respected songwriters of different generations.
Swift will be inducted along with Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins and Kiss members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, and the ceremony is scheduled for June 11 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York, the organization announced on CBS Mornings.
"They literally wrote the soundtrack of our lives. Songs that we dance to, cry to and rock to," correspondent Anthony Mason said on CBS Mornings, before announcing the winners.
The Songwriters Hall of Fame was founded in 1969, and the condition for admission is that the author has a notable catalog of songs and that at least 20 years have passed since the first commercial publication of one of his or her songs, writes Reuters.
The "Bad Blood" hit singer has won four Grammy Awards for Album of the Year.
Her latest release, "The Life of a Showgirl," sold more copies than any other album in the modern era during its first week of release, according to Billboard magazine, which cited data from music tracking company Luminate.
In May 2025, Swift announced that she had purchased the rights to her music, officially regaining ownership of all of her master recordings, including her first six albums.
Later that year, her record-breaking "Eras" tour spawned a concert film and a six-episode documentary series, which follows the success of the tour on the Disney+ platform.
Her 2024 album, "The Tortured Poets Department," debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart and has sold the equivalent of eight million albums in the United States, according to Luminate.
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