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- Dictionarysongwriter/ˈsɒŋˌrʌɪtə/
noun
- 1. a person who writes popular songs or the music for them.
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A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. A songwriter who mainly writes the lyrics for a song is referred to as a lyricist. The pressure from the music industry to produce popular hits means that... Wikipedia