Own It (album)

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Own It
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 26, 2018 (2018-10-26)
Genre Contemporary Christian music
Length38:17
Label Curb, Word
Producer
Francesca Battistelli chronology
If We're Honest
(2014)
Own It
(2018)
This Christmas
(2020)
Singles from Own It
  1. "The Breakup Song"
    Released: June 15, 2018
  2. "Defender (featuring Steffany Gretzinger)"
    Released: March 8, 2019
  3. "This Could Change Everything"
    Released: June 12, 2020

Own It is the sixth studio album by American singer Francesca Battistelli. In June 2018, Battistelli released the lead single "The Breakup Song", [1] followed by "This Could Change Everything" in October 2018, [2] and Defender (featuring Steffany Gretzinger) in March, 2019. [3]

Contents

Track listing

Standard edition [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Breakup Song" Francesca Battistelli, Bart Millard, David Garcia 3:24
2."The Very Best"Battistelli, Josh Bronleewe, Hannah Ellis2:51
3."Love Somebody"Battistelli, Molly Reed, Robby Earle, Jeff Pardo 3:34
4."Royalty"Battistelli, Seth Mosley, Mia Fieldes 3:22
5."This Could Change Everything"Battistelli, Jason Walker, Tommee Profitt 3:57
6."You Belong"Battistelli, Mosley, Fieldes3:12
7."As Good as It Gets"Battistelli, Garcia, Matt Maher 3:54
8."Let the Light In"Battistelli, Mosley, Ellie Holcomb 4:06
9."Defender" (featuring Steffany Gretzinger)Steffany Gretzinger, Rita Springer, John-Paul7:04
10."Freedom"Battistelli, Molly Reed, Pardo2:51

Personnel

Adapted from Tidal. [5]

Charts

Album

Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 126
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [7] 5

Singles

TitleYearPeak positions
US Christian
[8]
"The Breakup Song"20186
"This Could Change Everything"38
"Defender" (featuring Steffany Gretzinger)201913
"This Could Change Everything" (radio release)202033
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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