⇣ SONGDOOR WINNERS ⇣
2024
GRAND AWARD WINNERS
Maddi Overy
Matt Bronleewe
Grace Bronleewe
Virginia/Tennessee, USA
“What Are We”
Pop Category
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SongDoor 2024 Winner Maddi Overy
SongDoor 2024 Winners
Grace Bronleewe (left), Maddi Overy & Matt Bronleewee
Says Maddi: “I am so thankful to SongDoor for bringing recognition and opportunities to artists across the world,” says Overy. “It is an absolute honor to win the 2024 International Songwriting Competition, and I can’t wait to see how God uses this to continue opening doors. A special thanks to my incredible co-writers and producer, Grace and Matt Bronleewe for creating this with me!”
Maddi Overy - also known as daughter - is a singer/songwriter from Williamsburg, Virginia. She is currently living in Nashville, working full-time writing, recording, releasing and performing her original music. After graduating from Middlesex University and training for two years at the International College of Musical Theatre (ICMT) in London, where she had the opportunity to work with multiple Broadway and West End choreographers, casting agents, and directors, she decided to take her songwriting more seriously. daughter booked sessions with a local producer who helped her record and release her first singles and get plugged into the gigging community in her hometown. She spent the following two years booking shows, traveling and performing with her band, creating content, merchandise and branding, releasing new songs, and teaching music as she prepared to enter a new industry that God was opening the door for. After months of traveling back and forth for co-writes and recording new music in Nashville, she finally decided to make the move and start building a network in “Music City."
daughter has been performing since she was six, appearing in countless musical productions, plays, showcases and talent competitions, as well as a few music videos. When the pandemic hit, she had time to reflect and prepare for how she wanted to spend the next few years of her life. She used the time to graduate high school a year early and start propelling her career as a performer. She loved dancing, singing and acting, but she began to realize that as much as she loved telling other creatives' stories, she knew God was calling her to start sharing her own. Writing felt natural and necessary to her and, quickly, it became her therapy. While dealing with a broken relationship, homesickness, and a complete separation from her faith in God, she found a way to turn feelings into thoughts and thoughts into lyrics. In the last six months, daughter has collaborated with numerous artists in Nashville and had the opportunity to work with members of Song House on her upcoming releases. daughter states, “I could not feel more blessed to be surrounded by such an incredible and growing community of musicians and writers, and to be learning more every day about who I am as an artist and person.”
daughter also performs live. See her website for more info.
Matt Bronleewe is a Grammy®-nominated songwriter, producer and author, and will be a familiar name to fans of Jars of Clay, the CCM band that had a huge hit with Flood in 1997.
After growing up on a wheat farm in Kansas, Matt attended Greenville University in Illinois, where he helped form Jars of Clay, which sold more than two million copies of their debut album. He went on to write and produce songs for a variety of artists, his name appearing on more than 600 albums, with multiple #1s, awards, gold- and platinum-certified records, 30 million+ copies in combined sales, and billions of streams.
Matt also wrote the popular August Adams thriller books. His latest is titled, What Are You Going To Do?, a biography about the founder of Compassion International, which he co-authored with Eric Wilson. See Matt’s website for more info.
Grace Bronleewe, Matt’s daughter, is an accomplished singer/songwriter in her own right. Grace (aka GREYLEE) literally grew up in the studio. She wrote and recorded her first song at age 3, kickstarting her love for the art of musical storytelling. She honed her skills on the theater stage, performing in more than 25 productions.
Since her debut single, “Alone On Christmas," burst onto the scene in 2020, she has written and recorded numerous songs, including the Unsecret/Sam Tinnesz collaboration, “I’m Coming For It," which has had more than 3.5M streams on Spotify and been featured on TV.
She's also had numerous other placements, including songs on the TV series' “Love Is Blind" and “Love Island." Now 20, she's excited for the world to hear her recently released record, “i’m fine how r u?" You can stream it here.
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2024