Overcomer (song)

"Overcomer"
Single by Mandisa
from the album Overcomer
Released June 21, 2013
Format Digital download
Genre CCM, pop
Length 3:43
Label Sparrow
Writer(s) Christopher Stevens, Ben Glover, David Garcia[1]
Mandisa singles chronology
"Waiting for Tomorrow"
(2011)
"Overcomer"
(2013)
Back to You
(2014)

"Overcomer" is the first single, released on June 21, 2013, from Mandisa's fourth album, Overcomer.

Commercial performance

Overcomer reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart, and No. 3 on their Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. It stayed No.1 on the National Christian Audience chart for 12 weeks, as well as No. 1 for 14 weeks on SoundScan's Christian/Gospel Core Digital sales chart.[2]

Track listing

Tracklist
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Overcomer"  Christopher Stevens, Ben Glover, David Garcia 3:43
Total length:
3:34

Music video

The music video's world premiere was aired on Good Morning America on September 5, 2013.[3] The music video for the song premiered on September 12, 2013 on VEVO.

Weekly charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[4] 3
US Christian Songs (Billboard)[5] 1
US Digital Songs (Billboard)[6] 74
US Radio Songs (Billboard)[7] 98
US Top Heatseekers (Billboard)[8] 17

Awards

The song won a Grammy award in 2014 for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song for its songwriters David Garcia, Ben Glover and Christopher Stevens.[9][10]

Grammy Awards

Year Award Album Result
2014 Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance Overcomer Nominated

References

  1. "Overcomer - Mandisa". AllMusic.
  2. "Mandisa’s Electrifying Year Gets Even More Exciting with Double GRAMMY® Nominations". The Media Collective. December 9, 2013.
  3. Good Morning America
  4. "Mandisa Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Mandisa. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  5. "Mandisa Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Christian Songs for Mandisa. Retrieved 09 September 2013.
  6. "Mandisa Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Digital Songs for Mandisa. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  7. "Mandisa Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Radio Songs for Mandisa. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  8. "Heatseekers Songs". Billboard. 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
  9. Fred Bronson (January 26, 2014). "Grammys: 'American Idol' Alum Mandisa Wins for 'Overcomer'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  10. Jessica Benes (January 30, 2014). "Loveland native Ben Glover reflects on Grammy win". Reporter Herald.

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