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"Beautiful Liar" ((スペイン語:Bello Embustero)) is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé and Colombian singer Shakira. It was written by Beyoncé, Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench, and Stargate members Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen, and produced by Stargate and Beyoncé for the re-release of Beyoncé's second solo album, ''B'Day'' (2006). The mixing of the song was done by Gustavo Celis. "Beautiful Liar" was released on March 14, 2007, by Columbia Records as the first single from the deluxe edition of the album. A Spanish and English mixed version of the song was produced and titled "Bello Embustero". "Beautiful Liar" is a mid-tempo song; musically, it is a melding of Shakira's Latin and Middle Eastern styles with Beyoncé's contemporary hip hop and R&B styles. Its theme is female empowerment; two female protagonists sing about being charmed by the same man, but instead of fighting over him, both ladies agree that he is not worth their time. The song was well received by music critics, who praised generally Beyoncé's and Shakira's collaboration. "Beautiful Liar" was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 50th Grammy Awards and the Spanish version was nominated for Record of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2007. It won an Ivor Novello Awards for Best-Selling British Song in 2008. "Beautiful Liar" was commercially successful. It peaked at number three on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and experienced the largest upward movement on that chart until 2008. The song peaked at number one in many European countries, including France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Its accompanying music video was directed by Jake Nava, incorporates belly dancing moves. "Beautiful Liar" won the Most Earthshattering Collaboration award at the 2007 MTV Video Music Award. The song was included on Beyoncé's set list during her 2007 The Beyoncé Experience world tour. ==Conception and recording== "Beautiful Liar" was written by Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench, and Beyoncé. It was produced by Eriksen and Hermansen using their stage name, Stargate, and Beyoncé.〔 Eriksen told ''Sound on Sound'', "This song is very simple. Most of the time we have more chords in a song, because we find it hard writing a great song on just one chord. But if you do it right, you can make it work, and this song is an example." The track had already been written in 2006. Eriksen and Hermansen played it to their manager, Tyran Smith, who said that it would be perfect for a duet between Shakira and Beyoncé.〔 Eriksen and Hermansen considered this to be impossible, however Smith was devoted to that idea. As they had no lyric or top melody, various writers attempted to finish the song.〔 The first three attempts were not satisfactory, and Smith put Eriksen and Hermansen to work together with Ghost and Dench, who wrote a significant part of the lyrics and the melody.〔 "Beautiful Liar" initially had a Spanish title and different lyrics.〔 Hermansen re-titled it when he heard the line "beautiful liar" in one of the verses.〔 When the production of the song was almost completed, it was presented to Beyoncé, who approved it.〔 She added a few lines to the lyrics and recorded a solo version a few months before the release of the deluxe edition of ''B'Day'' (2006). Beyoncé confirmed that she would perform a duet with Shakira in an interview for Univision in December 2006. In another interview for MTV News, Beyoncé said that she met Shakira several times at various awards shows, and they talked about plans to collaborate on a song as they are both fans of each other and respect each other's work. Beyoncé said that she was very happy that they were able to work together after waiting for years.〔 When Beyoncé invited her to record a song for the re-release of Beyoncé's studio second album, ''B'Day'', Shakira was touring and consequently had difficulties to match her schedule with Beyoncé's.〔 A few months later, Shakira agreed to sing on the track. As she recorded her vocals, the songwriters and producers added the ethnic strings and percussion break.〔 Beyoncé and Shakira recorded their vocals in different studios;〔 the vocals were engineered by Gustavo Celis.〔 "Beautiful Liar" was recorded at Sony Music Studios and Battery Studios in New York City, Elastic Mix Studios and The Hit Factory in Florida, and Futura Productions in Boston, Massachusetts.〔 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 Liar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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