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Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame
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2020 - Current

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The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame began in 1970 as an enterprise of the fledgling Nashville Songwriters Association. A credentials committee unanimously selected a charter class of 21 writers, who were inducted on Monday, October 12, during the first Hall of Fame Banquet and Ceremony held at the Holiday Inn-Vanderbilt. 

Sixteen years later, the Hall of Fame split from the songwriters association to form its own entity. The International Songwriters Foundation (ISF) was chartered on April 11, 1986, as a new organization to oversee the Hall of Fame. On March 2, 1992, the ISF changed its name to the Nashville Songwriters Foundation (NSF), then on Dec. 5, 2006, to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation (NaSHOF).

Throughout its 40-plus years of existence, the Hall of Fame remained a virtual entity with no permanent location to call home until May 19, 2013, when NaSHOF realized a decades-long dream with the opening of its Hall of Fame Gallery inside the newly constructed Music City Center (MCC), Nashville’s 1.2 million-square-foot convention center. Located in downtown Nashville (directly across the street from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Bridgestone Arena) the gallery features displays of songwriting memorabilia, as well as interactive touch screens that allow visitors to access audio, video and other digital information about the history of Nashville songwriting and members of the Hall of Fame. 
 To find out more about each member, click  on their name to be taken to their official page in the Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame website. 
NOTE: If viewing on mobile device, swipe left to see Inductees hometown and other information.
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​The 2024 class of inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame includes Al Anderson, David Bellamy, Dan Penn, Liz Rose and Victoria Shaw.

These writers are behind hits such as “If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me),” “Trip Around The Sun,” “Teardrops On My Guitar,” “The Dark End Of The Street” and “The River."

​Anderson and Rose were elected in the contemporary songwriter category with Penn and Shaw in the veteran songwriter category and Bellamy in the veteran songwriter/artist category.

​According to a release, the top vote-getter in the contemporary songwriter/artist category, Brad Paisley, is unable to attend this year’s ceremony due to a scheduling conflict and will be officially inducted next year as a member of the Hall’s Class of 2025.

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Kent Blazy
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​​Born: March 27, 1951
Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky
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Steve Earle
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Born:
January 17, 1955
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
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Bobbie Gentry
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Born: 
July 27, 1942
Hometown: 
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Woodland, Mississippi
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Brett James
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Born:
June 5, 1968
Hometown: 
Columbia, Missouri
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Spooner Oldham
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Born:
June 5, 1968
Hometown: 
Columbia, Missouri

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Rhett Akins
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​​Born: October 13, 1969
Hometown: 
Valdosta, Georgia
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Buddy Cannon
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Born:
 April 20, 1947
Hometown: 
Lexington, Tennessee
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Amy Grant
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Born: 
November 25, 1960
Hometown: Augusta, Georgia
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Toby Keith
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Born:
July 8, 1961
Hometown: 
Clinton, Oklahoma
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John Scott Sherrill
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Born:
October 2, 1950
Hometown: New York, New York

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Hillary Lindsey
Born: 08-11-1976
Hometown: Washington, Georgia
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David Malloy
Born: 03-13-1952
Hometown: Fort Dodge, Iowa
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Chips Moman
Born: 06-12-1937
Died: 06-13-2016
Hometown: LaGrange, Georgia
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Gary Nicholson
Born: 11-07-1949
Hometown: Commerce, Texas
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Shania Twain
Born: 8-28-1965
Hometown:
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Steve Wariner
Born: 12-25-1954
Hometown: Noblesville, Indiana
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Casey Beathard - SWHOF
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Casey Beathard​​​​
​Born: December 2, 1965
Hometown: Torrance, California
Kix Brooks - SWHOF
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Kix Brooks
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Born:
 May 12, 1955
Hometown: 
Shreveport, Louisiana
David Lee Murphy - SWHOF
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David Lee Murphy​​​
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Born: 
January 7, 1959
Hometown: Herrin, Illinois
Keith Urban - SWHOF
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Keith Urban
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Born: 
October 26, 1967
Hometown: Whangarei
Northland, New Zealand
Raf Van Hoy - SWHOF
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Rafe Van Hoy
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Born:
November 7, 1955
Hometown: Bristol, Tennesee
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Casey Beathard - SWHOF
Al Anderson
​Born: July 26, 1947
Hometown: Windsor, Connecticut
Kix Brooks - SWHOF
David Bellamy
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Born:
 September 16, 1950​
Hometown: Darby, Florida
David Lee Murphy - SWHOF
Dan Penn
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Born: 
November 16, 1941
Hometown: Vernon, Alabama
Keith Urban - SWHOF
Liz Rose
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Born: 
September 6, 1957
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Raf Van Hoy - SWHOF
Victoria Shaw
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Born:
July 13, 1962
Hometown: NYC, New York
NOTE: Bios not available for 2024 inductees on the NSWHOF web-site.
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