Songwriter Brett James tragically passed away on September 18, 2025, in an airplane crash. His loss deeply affected so many people in the country music community, including Kip Moore, who still deeply misses his close friend. “I don’t know if there’s been anyone in my adult life that made a more profound impact on me,” Moore tells Billboard. “Brett…
Kenny Chesney is speaking out about the loss of his good friend, Brett James. James, his wife and stepdaughter, were killed in a plane crash on Thursday, September 18, in North Carolina. James penned some of Chesney’s biggest hits, including “You Save Me,” “When the Sun Goes Down” and “Just To Say We Did,” the latter a No. 1…
Count Jason Aldean as one of the many artists who recorded songs written by Brett James. James passed away in a plane crash on Thursday, September 18. Aldean recorded a few songs by James, including “The Truth,” which became a No. 1 hit for Aldean in 2009. “This next song’s a song that was one of those songs that…
Carrie Underwood is speaking out about the tragic loss of Brett James. James, the writer behind some of country music’s biggest hits, including Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” was killed in an airplane crash on Thursday, September 18. “Some things are just unfathomable,” Underwood begins a lengthy post shared on social media. “The loss of Brett James to his…
Legendary songwriter Brett James has passed away. James was 57 years old when he passed away on Thursday, September 18, in a plane crash in Franklin, North Carolina. James was with two other people in the airplane, which left a local Nashville airport yesterday afternoon, crashing in a field around 3:00 PM local time yesterday afternoon. There were no…
We now know which five artists will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame! The new inductees will be Steve Earle, Brett James, Bobbie Gentry, Kent Blazy and Spooner Oldham. The songwriters will be inducted on Monday, November 1, 2021, at the Music City Center. Their induction will take place along with the 2021 class, which will…
