Songwriter/Song of the Year Award Honoring Brett James
"Cheatin'"
"Drugs Or Jesus"
"Jesus, Take The Wheel"
"Keg In The Closet"
"Stay With Me (Brass Bed)"
As one of the most prominent songwriters in Nashville, Brett embodies the success most writers aspire to achieve. With his songs recorded by too various to list, Brett is the only songwriter who has appeared on Billboard magazine's year-end top-ten country songwriters list for each of the past five years. An incredible feat for any songwriter, it holds special significance for Brett-he was enrolled in medical school at the University of Oklahoma until the spring of 2000. Today, his biggest successes have come with Kenny Chesney/Uncle Kracker's "When the Sun Goes Down" (No.1 for six weeks), Jessica Andrew's "Who I Am" (No. 1 for 4 weeks), Martina McBride "Blessed" (No.1 for 2 weeks), two No.1 Pop songs in Europe, and Paulina Rubio's top five Latin international pop hit, "Todo Mi Amor." Brett's most recent success came with Carrie Underwood's debut single, "Jesus Take the Wheel," which spent six weeks at No.1 on Billboard and received the ACM for single of the year, an the ASCAP award for Song of The Year. "Jesus Take the Wheel" also earned Brett and his co-writers 2006 CCMA/SOCAN award. With all his success, this Oklahoma native, father of four, producer, former artist and med-school student, and modern-day Renaissance man continues to write hit songs. His most recent cuts included Sara Evans "Cheatin," Pat Green's "Feels Just Like it Should," and Kenny Chesney's current single "You Save Me."
Songwriter/Song of the Year Award Honoring Brett James
