Taylor Swift is making history again! ✌ Taylor is set to become the youngest artist ever to be inducted into The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, joining the likes of Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Shania Twain and more legendary stars. The ceremony is expected to take place later this year.

Taylor Swift has officially been named as the youngest-ever inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2026. At 36 years old, she enters the contemporary songwriter/artist category in her first year of eligibility, with the gala ceremony scheduled for later this fall.

On Tuesday, Aug. 11, the 2026 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees were announced by Mark Ford, executive director of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation, at Belmont University’s Johnson Theater.

Swift, 36, was announced as the youngest-ever inductee to join the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Class in the 20-Year Contemporary Songwriter/Artist category. She was nominated alongside Lyle Lovett (30-Year Veteran Artist category), Bruce Channel (30-Year Veteran Songwriter category), Shawn Camp (20-Year Contemporary Songwriter category) and Lee Thomas Miller (20-Year Contemporary Songwriter category).

From the time I started writing songs as a child, I fixated on Nashville as the perfect place to be,” she said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE. “I wanted to learn with and from the best and get to immerse myself in a community of storytellers, and thankfully Nashville turned out to be exactly what I’d dreamed of. A town that validated and prioritized hard work, determination and imagination.”