Francesca Battistelli to Release New Album ‘Own It’

Nashville, TN (August 31, 2018)
Curb | Word Entertainment announces the long-awaited release from multi-award winning artist Francesca Battistelli. Titled Own It, the album is set to release October 26, 2018 and is the follow-up to 2014’s GRAMMY®-nominated album If We’re Honest featuring the GRAMMY-winning song “Holy Spirit.”

Francesca, who was recently touted as an Artist on the Rise from YouTube Music, co-wrote nine of the ten songs found on Own It with such songwriters as Matt Maher, Mia Fieldes, Jeff Pardo, Molly Reed, Ellie Holcomb, Seth Mosley and Josh Bronleewe, to name a few. “The Breakup Song,” which she penned with David Garcia and MercyMe’s Bart Millard, was the album’s first single and debuted in June.

Francesca has been waiting a long time to share these new songs, recently sharing that she had new music ready for an album two years ago. Yet so much changed during that time, it would’ve been a completely different project than the declarative progressive pop songs comprised on Own It. “I thought I had a handle on what this album was going to be, but my husband and I prayed before every songwriting session, and God gave me a completely different set of songs than I was expecting,” Francesca exclaims. “These songs are so empowering. What they represent to me is my desire to own my identity in Christ, to kick fear out of my life, to own the present moment and not live in the past or even the future. I don’t want to walk in half of what God has for me. I want to walk in all of it. I want to own it! And I want that for everyone who listens too.”

“Royalty,” the album’s second digital release, releases today on all digital platforms. Both “The Breakup Song,” which is climbing at radio and currently top 15 on multiple charts, and “Royalty” are available now with the live pre-order.

Additionally, a special pre-sale with all LifeWay stores begins tomorrow. With every advance purchase of Own It made in-store, the consumer receives an advance CD of three songs from the new album: “The Breakup Song,” “Royalty” and “This Could Change Everything.”

Own It Track Listing:
The Breakup Song
The Very Best
Love Somebody
Royalty
This Could Change Everything
As Good As It Gets
You Belong
Let The Light In
Defender (feat. Steffany Gretzinger)
Freedom