Format Digital download Genre Pop, folk, acoustic | Recorded 2011-12 Length 3:18 | |
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Released September 2012-January 2013 Label 604, Schoolboy, Interscope | ||
"Beautiful" is a song by Canadian recording artist Carly Rae Jepsen, featuring vocals from Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Bieber. The song features on her second studio album, Kiss (2012). The song was written by Toby Gad, Justin Bieber, and Alex Lambert.
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The record label had plans to release "Beautiful" during the Believe Tour, but the plans were canceled and replaced by "Tonight I'm Getting Over You".
Critical
Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian however noted that she liked "Beautiful" the most, which she called a "faux-folk ballad" and "a sweet duet with Justin Bieber [...] that suggests that neither artist is completely irredeemable".
Chart performance
The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart of October 6, 2012, at number 87, without any disclosure, becoming Jepsen's seventh top 40 hit in Canada and Bieber's twenty-second top 40 hit in Canada.
Live performances
Jepsen and Bieber performed "Beautiful" at Believe Tour. During some of the first shows in North America.