"Beautiful" is a hip hop song by American rapper

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featuring vocals from

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and Uncle Charlie Wilson. It was released on January 27, 2003, as the second single from Snoop Dogg's sixth studio album, ''

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''. The song was written by Snoop Dogg alongside producers

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(Williams and

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). "Beautiful" reached number six on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number two on the ''

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chart. It was also successful in other countries such as Australia and New Zealand, peaking at number four in both countries. The music video was filmed in

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, Brazil. In 2024, the song appeared on Williams' soundtrack album '' Piece by Piece (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)''.

Music video

The song "Beautiful"'s music video was directed by Chris Robinson of Partizan Entertainment, was produced by Karen Gainer and the production manager was Renata Chuquer. It reached the 6th spot on the LAUNCH Music Videos Top 100. The first video set took place in Escadaria Selarón, Lapa district,

. The Brazil-colored yellow-green-blue stairways were fabricated by Selarón who started to upgrade the 125 metre, 215-step upwards street in 1990 and it had not been finished until the very day of the shooting. This stairway links the Rua Joaquim Silva in Lapa to the Rua Pinto Martins in Santa Teresa. The second one is in

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in the grounds of a 1920s mansion between the Lagoa and the Botanic Gardens, at the base of the

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. The scene features Brazilian actress/model, Michelle Martins as Snoop Dogg's love interest. Snoop is surrounded by a group of drummers, who play a long drum interlude that is not included in any radio, album or explicit edit of the song. The third scene is on the Copacabana where Snoop is surrounded by the massive crowd of his fans in one of the segments while in another he and his friends are leaning on to his car and observing the local girls passing by. During the video, Snoop Dogg wears a #31 Priest Holmes Chiefs jersey and a

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jersey number 19.

Awards

Grammy Other Nominated for *2004 MVPA Video Awards **Best Hip-Hop Video * 2003 MTV Video Music Awards ** Best Hip-Hop Video *2003 Vibe Awards **Reelest Video **Hottest Hook **Coolest Collaboration

Track listing

*CD single #"Beautiful" (Radio Edit) (featuring

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& Uncle Charlie Wilson) — 4:04 #"Beautiful" (Instrumental) — 4:21 #"Ballin'" (Clean Version) (featuring

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& Lil' Half Dead) — 5:19 #"Beautiful" (Vídeo) (Directed By Chris Robinson) — 5:27

Remixes

*A solo remix with Charlie Wilson was a part of Snoop Dogg's 2003 ''Welcome 2 tha Chuuuch Mixtape Vol. 2''. *A remix with

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and

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can be found on the 2003 mixtape ''G-Unit Radio Pt. 1: Smokin' Day 2''. *A freestyle used by

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It can be found on

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Personnel

*Produced by

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*Recorded by Andrew Coleman *Mixed by Pat Viala for Pat 'em Down Music *Written by Calvin Broadus,

*Published by Chad Chase Music/EMI-Blackwood Music (

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)/Waters of Nazareth Publishing/

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-Blackwood Music ( BMI); My Own Chit Music/EMI Blackwood Inc. (BMI) *Pharrell appears courtesy of

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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