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"Beautiful"
Song

"Beautiful" is the third single from Akon's third studio album Freedom. The single was released in the UK with Akon a on the track alongside American Pop singer, Colby O'Donis. However an extended album version of the song features a rap verse from Canadian rapper, Kardinal Offishall. It was released to U.S. Top 40 radio on January 6, 2009. It has been released as A-side to "I'm So Paid" in the UK. The song describes Akon seeing a female that he is attracted to, and wanting to go over and meet her. He repeatedly describes her in the song as being beautiful.

Music video

Akon posted a video on YouTube stating that he is shooting a video for the song and that he "wants the best music video" for the song. An official video was made in early January, with an MTV contest sending a winner to be in the video. Colby O'Donis, Kardinal Offishall, Tyrese, and A. R. Rahman all make appearances. The video was premiered on Yahoo! Music on February 24.[1] On the same day it was added to iTunes for download.

Cover Versions

"There have been many covers of this song done by various artistes, most notably by Sri Lankan RnB/Pop band "Gravity".[2] [3]. , who performed the song in 2009 at Sri Lanka's Premier music competition "TNL Onstage" and it was aired on TNL Radio, in what was the most aired track during the months that followed.

Latin versions

Akon recorded a Latin American version of the clip, featuring the ex-RBD singer Dulce María. Some parts of the song were sung in Spanish.

Also, another version of the song was recorded featuring Brazilian hip hop singer Negra Li singing some parts of the song in Portuguese.


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 #30 on the UK Singles Chart on March 1, 2009, and has so far peaked at #8 and #3 on the UK R&B Chart. Even though the song has received very little airplay in Australia it has charted on the ARIA singles chart peaking at #14 and on the ARIA Urban Charts, it has reached #7. On the New Zealand Top 40, it debuted at #39, then peaked at #13.

Formats and track listing

UK CD Single (March 9th, 09)
  1. "Beautiful" (Radio Edit)
  2. "I'm So Paid"

Versions

  1. Album Version - 5:12 (with Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall)
  2. Radio Edit - 3:51 (with Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall)
  3. Radio Edit (No Rap) - 3:49 (with Colby O'Donis)
  4. UK Radio Edit - 3:18 (with Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall)
  5. Japanese Version - 5:12 (with BoA & Kardinal Offishall)
  6. Mexican Version - 3:52 (with Dulce María)
  7. Brazilian Version - 3:53 (with Negra Li)
  8. Dutch Version - 3:53 (with Brace & Colby O'Donis)
  9. Canadain Version - 5:12 (with Colby O'Donis)

Charts

Chart (2008-2009) Peak
position[4]
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 14
Hot 100 Brasil (with Negra Li) 19
Brasil Hot Dance Club Play (with Negra Li) 1
Billboard Brasil (with Negra Li) 64
Billboard Brasil Hot 100 Pop (with Negra Li) 23
Canadian Hot 100 16
Dutch Top 40 12
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 13
Norwegian Singles Chart 16
Irish Singles Chart 13
Romanian Singles Chart[5] 8
Swedish Singles Chart 28
Swiss Singles Chart 37
Turkey Top 20 Chart[6] 12
UK Singles Chart 8
UK R&B Chart 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 19
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 61
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 15
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 8

References

  1. ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/--206066787
  2. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5n-jJ_BKYs
  3. ^ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gravity/178591288228
  4. ^ http://acharts.us/song/40864
  5. ^ Template:Ro iconCele mai ascultate hituri. Cotidianul.
  6. ^ Turkey Top 20 Chart Retrieved on 2009-03-30
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