Eminem, N.W.A, George Clinton, Janet Jackson, Bryan Adams, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Ashley Gorley, and many more have received nominations to join the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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A songwriter with a catalog of notable songs qualifies for induction 20 years after their first significant commercial release of a song. Eligible voting members will have until midnight ET on December 22, 2024, to turn in ballots with their choices of up to three nominees in each of the songwriter and performing songwriter categories. Winners will be inducted at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2025 gala in New York City.
Eminem has had plenty to celebrate lately. Last month, it was announced that “The Real Slim Shady” officially crossed the one billion view threshold on YouTube. The track appeared on the rapper’s third album, 2000’s The Marshall Mathers LP and is one of his signature songs. The teasing lead single blurred the lines between the rapper’s persona and reality while name-dropping pop culture figures including Pamela Anderson, Tommy Lee, Will Smith, Britney Spears, Carson Daly, and more. The track was added to the album at the last-minute in an attempt to recreate the self-referential success of “My Name Is” off 1999’s The Slim Shady LP.
It won Best Video and Best Male Video at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards where Eminem performed the track alongside an army of Slim Shady lookalikes, recreating the track’s video.
“The Real Slim Shady” marked Eminem’s eighth video to reach one billion YouTube views, following “When I’m Gone,” “Mockingbird,” “Smack That” [ft. Akon], “Love the Way You Lie” [ft. Rihanna], “Without Me,” “Not Afraid,” and “Rap God.”
In July, Eminem dropped The Death Of Slim Shady (Coupe De Grâce). The rapper’s 12th album features the chart-topping single “Houdini,” as well as “Tobey,” a collaboration with fellow Michigan hip hop icons BabyTron and Big Sean, and “Somebody Save Me,” featuring rapper-turned-country-superstar Jelly Roll. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Visit the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s official website for a full list of nominees.
