An emotional performance. Earlier this year, the country music community lost a songwriting legend, Brett James. James, his wife, and stepdaughter were tragically killed in a plane crash in North ...

After Kenny Chesney performed his 2004 hit "When the Sun Goes Down," a screen on the back of the stage honored Brett James, the hitmaker behind the song.

One of the many hits written by the late, great Brett James. The Grammy Award-winning country songwriter was tragically killed in a plane crash back on September 18, 2025, when the plane he was ...

Nashville songwriter Brett James died on Sept. 18 in a small-engine plane crash that took place in Franklin, North Carolina. He was 57 years old. James, a Columbia, Missouri native, was a Grammy Award ...

Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James died following a plane crash on Thursday. James, 57, was with his partner, Melody Wilson, 59, and her daughter, Meryl Maxwell Wilson, when the aircraft went down ...

Kenny Chesney was freshly grieving songwriting Brett James when he first performed the No. 1 hit James wrote for him.

Country Music Hall of Fame member Kenny Chesney performed on the 2025 CMA Awards stage, and paid tribute to his late friend, ...

Carrie Underwood is mourning the loss of her friend Brett James, who wrote one of her biggest songs.Grammy-winning songwriter James died in a plane crash on Thursday, according to the Nashville ...

A new NTSB report says the plane piloted by country songwriter Brett James “appeared to spiral” before crashing in North ...