Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, and Bad Bunny Are Among the “30 Greatest Living American Songwriters”

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Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, and Bad Bunny Are Among the “30 Greatest Living American Songwriters”

The New York Times” put together an unranked list of the “30 Greatest Living American Songwriters”. More than 250 music insiders and six critics weighed in on who defines the, quote, “new American songbook”.

 

Here’s the list:

Taylor Swift . . . Bad Bunny . . . Jay-Z . . . Dolly Parton . . . Mariah Carey . . . Carole King . . . Stevie Wonder . . . Paul Simon . . . Missy Elliott . . . Lionel Richie . . . Young Thug . . . Fiona Apple . . . Kendrick Lamar . . . Lana Del Rey . . . Bob Dylan . . . Bruce Springsteen . . . Diane Warren . . . Babyface . . . Outkast . . . Willie Nelson . . . and Smokey Robinson.

 

Courtesy of The New York Times

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