Taylor Swift is among the nominees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s class of 2026.

The 35-year-old Swift becomes eligible in 2026, 20 years after her first commercial release (her debut single “Tim McGraw” arrived in June 2006). If selected, Swift would be the second-youngest inductee in the Hall’s history, behind only Stevie Wonder, who was enshrined in 1983 at age 32.

Swift is a finalist in the performer-songwriter category alongside David Byrne, P!NK, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS, Sarah McLachlan, LL Cool J, The Go Go’s, Boz Scaggs, Kenny Loggins, Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings of The Guess Who, Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters, and Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America.

The non-performing songwriter category includes pop producers Andreas Carlsson (Backstreet

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