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"#Beautiful" is a song recorded by American singers Mariah Carey and Miguel. It was released as the lead single from Carey's fourteenth studio album, ''Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse'' (2014). "#Beautiful" was written by Carey, Miguel, Nathan Perez, Brooke Davis, Mac Robinson, and Brian Keith Warfield, with Carey, Miguel and Perez producing the song. Released on May 6, 2013, Carey and Miguel did not reveal that they had collaborated on the song, until April 25, 2013, when Carey revealed the title in a 25 second teaser video during season twelve of ''American Idol''. It was also on ''Idol'', on May 9, that Carey premiered the official music video for "#Beautiful", before uploading an alternative edit to her VEVO account, that is set to the explicit version of the song. "#Beautiful" is a mid-tempo and stripped down R&B and soul track. It received generally positive reviews from music critics, many of whom were complimentary of Carey's decision to collaborate with Miguel. After garnering an audience impression of 31 million in its first two days of radio airplay, the song debuted at number 44 on the US Radio Songs chart. Carey taped a performance of the song along with a medley of her greatest hits on May 15, 2013; the taping aired the following day on the Season 12 finale episode of ''American Idol''. "#Beautiful" peaked at number 15 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and at number three on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the United States. It received a Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America and is her thirteenth single which shipped a million copies. It peaked at number two in Syria, where it spent 18 weeks in the top ten and a total of 59 weeks on the chart. It also peaked at number six on the Australian Singles Chart and has also received a platinum certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association and gold certification from Recorded Music NZ. ==Background and release== "#Beautiful" was written and produced by Mariah Carey and Miguel.〔 Rumors that Carey and Miguel had collaborated on a song together began when the pair were tweeting to each other on April 3, 2013, when Carey tweeted to Miguel praising his ''Saturday Night Live'' performance. She also revealed that they had crossed paths in a recording studio. On April 18, 2013, Carey revealed that she had finished mixing the lead single from her upcoming fourteenth studio album.〔 On April 21, 2013, sound mixer Fletcher Allison revealed that he had been on set of a music video directed by Joseph Kahn which involved Carey and Miguel; the tweet was later deleted.〔 The deleted tweet read "Working on a Mariah Carey and Miguel video for the man Joseph Kahn ... Wouldn't trade this for 1,000 Coachellas".〔 Miguel refused to confirm if the collaboration between himself and Carey was true or not. When asked by an interviewer what he thought the a collaboration with Carey would sound like, if the rumors were true, he responded with "I think it would sound beautiful. I think it's a great juxtaposition". He continued to reveal that he has admired Carey for a very long time and admired her as an artist, saying "I mean I fell in love with Mariah Carey when she walked out of the pool in ('Honey' video in 1997 ). That 'Honey' video, that was it. And I've had a huge crush on her ever since. And, so, if we ever do have a chance, you know all respect to (husband ) Nick (), all love. I think I have a huge crush more on her as a musician, and I think it would be really great".〔 On April 25, 2013, Carey premiered a 25-second teaser video on ''American Idol''. Over a guitar lick, the video revealed that Miguel would appear as a featured artist and that the song would be called "#Beautiful", accompanied by a message which read "The new era begins".〔 Other aspects of the teaser showed a motorbike and Carey giggling. The song premiered on May 6, 2013, and was released for digital download on the US iTunes store the next day. It officially impacted US Mainstream and Rhythmic radio on May 7, 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more! )〕 On the day of its premiere on May 6, 2013, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment launched the single with a day-long world premiere event across more than 230 Clear Channel radio stations nationwide. Beginning 7am, "#Beautiful" played at the top of each hour until 11pm on Top 40, Rhythmic, AC, Hot AC and Urban stations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CCM+E And Island Def Jam Premiere New Mariah Carey Single Across More Than 230 Stations ... )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beautiful (Mariah Carey song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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