NEW YORK (NEWSnet/AP) —  Rap, classic rock, country and alt-rock are represented among the nominees for the 2024 , with nods for Public Enemy, Steely Dan, Bryan Adams, George Clinton, Tracy Chapman, R.E.M., Blondie, Heart and The Doobie Brothers.

The ballot also includes “Footloose” singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins, Nashville hitmaker Hillary Lindsey, who helped write “Girl Crush” for Little Big Town, and producer-writer Timbaland, the mastermind behind Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack” and Missy Elliot’s “Get Yer Freak On.”

Included on the list are the “Losing My Religion” R.E.M. led by Michael Stipe, as well as sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, who showed women can rock hard with songs like “Barracuda” and “Crazy On You.”

Joining them is Adams, with radio staples like “Summer of ’69” and “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?,” and Clinton, whose Parliament-Funkadelic collective was hugely influential with hits like “Atomic Dog” and “Give Up the Funk.”

Eligible voting members have until Dec. 27 to submit ballots with their choices of three nominees from the songwriter category and three from the performing-songwriter category. The Associated Press received an early copy of the list.

Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Clem Burke are nominated as Blondie, which gave the music world new wave hits “Call Me” and “Rapture,” and Chapman, whose “Fast Car,” originally released in 1988, won two Grammys in 1989.

Songwriters Hall of Fame was established in 1969 to honor those creating the popular music. A songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first commercial release of a song.

Some artists already in the hall include Carole King, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and Lionel Richie, Bill

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