Beautiful (Akon song)
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"Beautiful" is the third single from Akon's third studio album Freedom. The song features Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall. It was released to U.S. Top 40 radio on January 6, 2009. [1]
Song information
"Beautiful" describes Akon seeing a girl in a club that he is attracted to, and wanting to go over and meet her. He describes her in the song as "you're so beautiful, so damn beautiful."
Music Video
Akon posted a video on youtube.com shouting out that he want's the "best" music video for "Beautiful".
Chart performance
"Beautiful" managed to become a top twenty hit in 2008 the previous year before its official release. Due to high digital sales, the song debuted at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of December 10, 2008, the week following the release of Freedom. It is Akon's eighth top twenty hit as a lead artist, and his seventeenth top twenty overall. It debuted at #7 on the Hot Digital Songs chart, selling over 91,000 downloads that week. It also made a #25 debut on the Pop 100 chart the same week. On the Canadian Hot 100 chart, it debuted at #16. The single also reached #56 on the UK Singles Chart in December 2008, despite generally receiving limited airplay.
Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position[2] |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 19 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 25 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 16 |
| UK Singles Chart | 56 |
References
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| El Negreeto |
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