From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsinger-songwriterˌsinger-ˈsongwriter noun [countable] APMsomeone who writes songs and sings them
Examples from the Corpus
singer-songwriter• And then came a knight in tarnished armour, a veritable giant amongst singer-songwriters from Barking.• The singer-songwriter answered it cheerfully, expecting a friend.• James McMurtry is an unusual singer-songwriter, a gentle, thoughtful troubadour who writes songs that unfold like short stories. 