"John Anderson, Paul Craft, Tom Douglas and Gretchen Peters represent the best our great songwriting community has to offer," Pat Alger, board chair of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation and a member of the Hall of Fame said. "With long, fruitful careers of memorable songs, they set the highest creative standard for all of us."

While Anderson is well known for his career as an artist, Douglas' hits span countless of today's artists including Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me," Lady Antebellum's "I Run to You," "Loves the Only House" and "God's Will" as well as Martina McBride's "Grown Men Don't Cry" and Tim McGraw's "Southern Voice," among others.