On January 16, 2020, the class of the Songwriters Hall Of Fame 2020 inductees was announced, including Mariah Carey, the Isley Brothers, Eurythmics, Rick Nowels, The Neptunes, William “Mickey” Stevenson and Steve Miller. The ceremony, which was to take place on June 11, 2020, was postponed to 2022.
“I am very proud that we are recognizing some of the culturally most important songwriters of all time,” SHOF Chairman Nile Rodgers said. “The 2020 slate of inductees represents diversity and unity across genres, ethnicity and gender, writers who have enriched our lives and in their time literally transformed music and helped make it what it is today.”
Established in 1969, the Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) serves as a vital bridge between music's past and future. In the Hall, musical pioneers are enshrined and celebrated, while the organization's outreach to the music community grooms the next generation of troubadours. To qualify for induction, a songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first commercial release of a song.
