Lady Gaga Will Receive Contemporary Icon Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame

Lady Gaga is approaching a decade in the business in a few years, and already is considered iconic!

According to ABC News, the singer will receive the first Contemporary Icon Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 18. The award is to honor a performing songwriter "who has attained an iconic status in pop culture," according to a statement from the hall.

In addition to Gaga receiving her award, Bobby Braddock, Willie Dixon, Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia, Toby Keith, Cyndi Lauper and Linda Perry are being inducted into the hall. Van Morrison will receive the Johnny Mercer Award and fun.'s Nate Ruess will receive the Hal David Starlight Award, which is given to young songwriters.

Congratulations to Gaga for this honor!

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