Overview
- Taylor Swift, Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins, KISS’s Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, Terry Britten & Graham Lyle, and Walter Afanasieff were announced as 2026 inductees on CBS Mornings.
- At 36, Swift is confirmed as the youngest woman ever selected and the first prior Hal David Starlight Award recipient to be inducted as a full member.
- The induction ceremony is set for Thursday, June 11, 2026, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, will not be open to the general public, and additional special honorees will be revealed in the coming weeks.
- Eligibility requires 20 years since a songwriter’s first commercial release; Swift’s 2006 debut single “Tim McGraw” made her first eligible this year.
- Inductees are chosen by a ballot of industry members, and SHOF chairman Nile Rodgers praised the class for uniting iconic songs across genres.