"Joyful" (stylized in lower case) is a song by American Christian and Gospel singer and songwriter
Dante Bowe, which was released on March 12, 2021, as the lead single to his second studio album, ''
Circles''. Bowe co-wrote the song with Ben Schofield. Ben Schofield handled the production of the single.
"Joyful" peaked at No. 14 on the US
Hot Christian Songs chart,
and at No. 3 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart.
"Joyful" won the
GMA Dove Award
A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards ceremonies presented annually and have been held in Nashville, Tennessee exce ...
Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year at the
2021 GMA Dove Awards. It was nominated for the
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song at the
2022 Grammy Awards.
Background
On March 12, 2021, Dante Bowe released "Joyful" as the lead single to his second studio album, ''
Circles'', along with its accompanying music video. The single followed the announcement made earlier that month, stated that ''Circles'' will be slated for release on March 26, 2021.
Dante Bowe spoke of the message behind the song, saying: "Joy is so different than happiness. While happiness is that temporary feeling created by circumstance, joy isn’t based on anything other than truth. You can be in a bad place or sad situation and still have joy: the knowing that greater things are coming and the moment you are in is not the end."
Bowe opined that "Joyful" a "completely different" single, stating that he was pushing boundaries of what he was offering his audience sonically, by giving them "something that they’d have to grow into."
Composition
"Joyful" is a
gospel
Gospel originally meant the Christianity, Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the second century Anno domino, AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message w ...
and
R&B song composed in the key of
A♭ with a tempo of 92 beats per minute and a musical time signature of .
Accolades
Commercial performance
"Joyful" debuted at No. 39 on the US
Hot Christian Songs chart, and at No. 22 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart. Following the album's release, "Joyful" debuted on
Christian Airplay
Christian Airplay is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States since June 21, 2003.
This chart lists the 50 most-listened-to records played on multiple Christian radio stations across the country as monitored by Ni ...
at No. 36. "Joyful" peaked at No. 14 on Hot Christian Songs,
No. 3 on Hot Gospel Songs,
and No. 12 on the Christian Airplay chart.
"Joyful" debuted at No. 23 on the Gospel Airplay chart dated July 31, 2021, making Bowe the first artist to simultaneously rank on the Christian radio and Gospel radio charts. "Joyful" went on to reach No. 1 on the Gospel Airplay chart dated February 26, 2022, becoming Bowe's first chart-topping song on Gospel radio.
Music videos
Dante Bowe released the music video of "Joyful" via
YouTube
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on March 12, 2021. Creedlife directed the music video. The video shows Bowe walking about in the neighborhood on a sunny day, interacting with the people in his community.
On June 7, 2021, Bethel Music published the live performance video of "Joyful" by Dante Bowe on YouTube.
Performances
On January 14, 2022, Dante Bowe performed on "Joyful" on
The Tamron Hall Show following his interview with
Tamron Hall.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
External links
* on PraiseCharts
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2021 singles
2021 songs
Dante Bowe songs
Songs written by Dante Bowe