NASHVILLE, TN – Songwriter Brett James and Singer/Songwriter Kenny Chesney attend BMI & ASCAP's # 1 party Honoring Kenny Chesney and Co-Writer Brett James for their #1 single "Reality" at Sambuca on April 5, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BMI)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – MARCH 19: Carrie Underwood performs onstage during Opry 100: A Live Celebration at Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium on March 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Grand Ole Opry)
NASHVILLE, TN – Songwriter Hillary Lindsey, singer-songwriter Carrie Underwood and songwriter Brett James celebrate "Heartbeat" and "Church Bells" reaching number one hits on August 11, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for BMI)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – SEPTEMBER 20: Songwriter, Brett James performs onstage during NSAI 2022 Nashville Songwriter Awards at Ryman Auditorium on September 20, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN – Dierks Bentley (center) and Brett James perform during The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Presents an Interview and Acoustic Performance With Dierks Bentley and friends at the CMA Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on March 12, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Country Music Hall Of Fame & Museum)
Jason Aldean at the iHeartCountry Music Festival held at The Moody Center on May 4, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Saucedo/Billboard via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 28: Songwriter Brett James poses with a #StandWithSongwriters guitar, which will be presented in May to members of Congress to urge them to support reform of outdated music licensing laws, during the 2016 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO on April 28, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for ASCAP)
