Timabaland, R.E.M, Steely Dan, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford are the five musicians to be officially inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 13, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The event will be held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.
Songwriters Hall chairman Nile Rodgers said in a statement, “I’ve said it before, but the music industry does not exist without songwriters delivering great songs first. Without them there is no recorded music, no concert business, no merch … nothing, it all starts with the song and the songwriter.”
“We are therefore very proud that we are continually recognizing some of the culturally most important songwriters of all time and that the 2024 slate represents not just iconic songs but also diversity and unity across genres, ethnicity and gender, songwriters who have enriched our lives and literally enriched music and the lives of billions of listeners all over the world,” the statement continued.
Meet the five 2024 Songwriting Hall of Fame inductees
Timbaland
Timbaland, born Timothy Mosely, is a four-time Grammy winner. He's best known for his production work and his distinctive “stuttering” rhythmic style. His first full production credit was in 1996 for Ginuwine's album Ginuwine… the Bachelor, best known for the song Pony. He also work with Missy Elliott, who is the first female rapper inducted into the same award in 2019.
His four Grammys are from 2007 and 2008 for Best Dance Recording, both with Justin Timberlake, for Sexy Back and LoveStoned/I Think She Knows, respectively. As songwriter, Timbaland won in 2014 and 2015 for Justin Timberlake's Pusher Love Girl and Beyonce feat. Jay Z's Drunk in Love, respectively.
R.E.M.
R.E.M. was formed in 1980 by lead vocalist Michael Stipe, drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck and bassist Mike Mills. The band amicably broke up in 2011, 14 yeas after Berry left the group.
R.E.M. has won three Grammys: two in 1991 for Losing My Religion for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best Music Video, Short Form, and one for Out of Time as Best Alternative Music Album.
Dean Pitchford
Pitchford is a multi-hyphenate talent with credits as actor, director, novelist, screenwriter and songwriter. He is best known for writing Fame, the theme song of the iconic 1980 movie (and also a TV series) of the same title. The song won the 1981 Academy Award for
Hillary Lindsey
Lindsey is a three-time Grammy winner for
She also received a 2011 Academy Award nomination for Gwyneth Paltrow's Coming Home as Best Original Song from the 2010 movie Country Strong. In the same year, she was also nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for the same category. The other nomination was for There's a Place for Us from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Steely Dan
Steely Dan was founded in 1971 by Walter Becker on guitars, bass and backing vocals and Donald Fagen on keyboards and lead vocals. Becker and Fagen were fans of Beat Generation literature and named the band after a steam-powered self-pleasuring machine in William S. Burrough's novel Naked Lunch, according to the band's FAQ page. The band will be joining the Eagles' final tour.
In 1974, Becker and Fagen decided to retire from performing live and became a studio-only band. They record with a revolving roster of session musicians. The band won three Grammys in 2001 from their Two Against Nature album for Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and
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