Brett James has had more than 800 of his songs recorded by some of the biggest artists in the world. His songs have appeared on albums with combined sales of over 110 million copies. He has had numerous hit singles including 27 #1's and won a GRAMMY® in 2006 for "Jesus, Take the Wheel”.  He was named ASCAP's country songwriter of the year in 2006 and 2010 and Music Row Magazines’ Songwriter of the Year in 2015. He has received more than 40 ASCAP hit song awards in country, pop, Latin and Christian genres.  In 2020 he was elected into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. 

As a producer his credits include Taylor Swift, Jessica Simpson, Danielle Bradberry and Kip Moore. 

Brett served 18 years on the board of directors of the Country Music Association,  has served as a national trustee of The Recording Academy (GRAMMY®s) and he also serves on the board of the Nashville Songwriters Association International.

Additionally, Brett is the owner of Cornman Music, a successful boutique publishing  company. 

The list of artists who have recorded Brett's songs includes: Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban,  Cody Johnson, Parker McCollum, Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Meghan Trainor, Nick Jonas, Miranda Lambert, Steven Tyler, Kip Moore, Sheryl Crow, Colbie Caillat, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Leona Lewis, Daughtry, Kid Rock, Uncle Cracker, The Fray, Dierks Bentley, Chris Young, Florida Georgie Line, Brantley Gilbert, Chicago, Backstreet Boys, Will i Am, James Arthur, Emily Sande’, Paulina Rubio, Jake Owen, Rascal Flatts and  many more. 

One of Nashville’s most respected songwriters, Georgia native Hillary Lindsey attended the Belmont University’s Music Business school though her tenure was brief as she quickly became an active part of the industry, earning recording and publishing deals while still enrolled at the prestigious university, and it wasn’t long before Lindsey was celebrating a string of hits with the likes of Martina McBride (“Blessed”, “This One’s For The Girls”), and Sara Evans (“Backseat of a Greyhound Bus”).

Now with more than twenty #1 songs under her belt, Hillary has had songs recorded by Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Gary Allan, Lady Antebellum, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts, and countless others.  Her many awards include Grammy Awards for the songs “Jesus Take The Wheel” recorded by Carrie Underwood and “Girl Crush” recorded by Little Big Town. Lindsay has score the CMA Triple Play Award three times! -  in 2010 for "So Small", "Last Name" and "Just A Dream", all recorded by Carrie Underwood - in 2014 for “Every Storm Runs Out Of Rain” (Gary Allan), “Two Black Cadillacs” and “See You Again” (Carrie Underwood) and again in 2016 for “Shotgun Rider” (Tim McGraw), “Girl Crush” (Little Big Town) and “Little Toy Guns” (Carrie Underwood. The prestigious CMA Triple Play Award honors a songwriter who has penned at least three chart-topping hits within a 12-month period. “Girl Crush” has been a record-breaking song, staying on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for 13 weeks – the longest run by a group in chart history – and topping Country Digital Songs for over 11 weeks with downloads sold. 

Hillary is also no stranger to film and TV, including Academy Award nominations for movie soundtrack placements such as “There’s A Place For Us” recorded by Carrie Underwood for The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader soundtrack and “Coming Home,” recorded by Gwyneth Paltrow for Country Strong soundtrack - both of which were nominated for Golden Globe Best Original Song and the latter earned Lindsay an Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song. In 2016, Hillary was tapped by Pop icon Lady Gaga as a principal collaborator on her 5th studio album Joanne. Lindsay’s contributions include the hit single “Million Reasons” which lead to appearances with Lady Gaga on national television and select dates on Gaga’s Dive Bar Tour. A year later, Gaga and Lindsey joined forces again to write for the feature film A Star Is Born resulting in the two soundtrack singles “Always Remember Us This Way” and the duet with co-star Bradly Cooper “I’ll Never Love Again.

Hillary is a founding songwriter in the Music City Hit-Makers show. In July 2012, Hillary shared the stage with fellow Hit-Maker Brett James and Carrie Underwood for the CMA Songwriters Series in Boston. Brett and Hillary returned to Boston for the Music City Hit-Makers debut with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall under the direction of Maestro Keith Lockhart. Hillary continues to share her incredible voice and stories with her fellow Hit-Makers for shows across the country. She recorded a symphonic re-imagined version of her Little Big Town smash “Girl Crush” accompanied by the Music City Symphony on the debut Music City Hit-Makers EP Songs & Symphony (2019).

From his rock background as a member of the Rick Rubin produced rock band Luna Halo, to featured music on ABC tv’s Nashville, to his songwriting success in a multitude of musical genres, Cary Barlowe is truly a diverse songwriter. The North Carolina raised songwriter has written nine #1 songs recorded by Contemporary Christian Music star Toby Mac; “Made to Love,” “I’m for you,” “Tonight,” “City On Our Knees,” with City On Our Knees winning a Dove Award for Gospel song of the year . “Hold On,” “Christmas this Year,” “One World,” “Get Back Up,” and “Feel It.” Three of those songs earned Barlowe Grammy-award nominations for Contemporary/Gospel Song of The Year. Another feather in his CCM cap came with American Idol alum and GRAMMY®-award winner Mandisa and her Christian radio hit “Good Morning.” Cary’s first “cut” (a song recorded by a major label recording artist) in the Nashville Country genre was “Untouchable” by Taylor Swift on her multi-platinum album “Fearless.”

Barlowe has since scored five #1 songs on Country radio; Cary Was the 2015 SESAC songwriter of the year and in 2017 Cary earned the SESAC song of the year award with Billy Currington’s “It dont Hurt like it Used To”… “American Honey” recorded by Lady Antebellum, “Where It’s At” recorded by Dustin Lynch, “Sun Daze” recorded by Florida Georgia Line, “It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To” recorded by Billy Currington and most recently, “Famous Friends” recorded by Chris Young and Kane Brown which held the #1 spot for 2 consecutive weeks this summer. Young and Barlowe had synced up previously on the song “Raised On Country” which reached #5 on the Country radio air-play chart. Other artists that have recorded songs written by Cary include Little Big Town , Carrie Underwood, Tim Mcgraw , Rascal Flatts , Chris Tomlin , Jimmie Allen, Lauren Alaina, Kip Moore , Chris Lane, Dierks Bentley, Easton Corbin, Gary Alan, Martina McBride, Steven Tyler, and many more.