More than two decades after helping shape some of pop music’s biggest hits behind the scenes, Canadian songwriter and performer Chantal Kreviazuk is reclaiming those songs through “In My Own Voice,” an album that strips away commercial production to spotlight the writing underneath.

Released through Wax Records, the project revisits songs Kreviazuk co-wrote for artists including Drake, Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, Kendrick Lamar, Gwen Stefani and Carrie Underwood, reframing them through piano-driven arrangements and understated vocals.

Rather than recreating the original recordings, Kreviazuk approaches the material as a songwriter revisiting her own work from a more personal perspective.

“Being a songwriter and collaborating with some of the biggest and most celebrated artists of our time has been one of the greatest privileges of my life and career,” Kreviazuk said.

“Being able to reimagine these songs in my own voice was validating and liberating at once,” she added. “I have always believed that a great song is a great song and if we remove production and strip things back to a simple and intimate place, nothing is lost and we can maybe even find some other magical moments from the heart of the original writer.”

The album includes reinterpretations of songs such as Drake’s “Over My Dead Body,” Kelly Clarkson’s “Walk Away,” Pitbull and Christina Aguilera’s “Feel This Moment,” Kendrick Lamar’s “Pay For It,” Gwen Stefani’s “Rich Girl” and Britney Spears’ “If I’m Dancing.”

Recorded in Stockholm with producer Eric Rosse, whose previous collaborators include Tori Amos and Sara Bareilles, the project emphasizes restraint and emotional clarity over radio-scale production.

The release reflects a broader shift in contemporary music culture, where songwriters increasingly seek recognition not just for commercial success, but for authorship and artistic identity behind major hits.

Although Kreviazuk has long maintained a successful solo career in Canada, much of her international influence has come through co-writing songs recorded by globally recognized artists.

Over the years, her songwriting credits have expanded across pop, rock and hip-hop, helping shape commercially successful releases while often leaving her own voice absent from the finished versions.

“In My Own Voice” changes that dynamic by centering the songwriter rather than the performer who originally popularized the material.

The album also follows renewed public interest sparked by early releases from the project, including stripped-back versions of “Over My Dead Body” and “Feel This Moment,” which circulated widely online.

Known for emotionally driven songwriting and piano ballads, Kreviazuk first emerged in the late 1990s through albums such as “Under These Rocks and Stones and Colour Moving and Still” before expanding into high-profile songwriting collaborations throughout the 2000s and 2010s.

With “In My Own Voice,” Kreviazuk presents those songs less as industry products and more as personal documents shaped by memory, collaboration and authorship.

The result is both a retrospective and a reclamation, placing one of pop music’s most prolific writers back at the center of songs she helped define.