Peak
15
Weeks
16
Score
2,173
Chart Year
2013
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position15
Peak DateJun 22, 2013
Weeks at Peak2
Weeks Charted16
Weeks in Top 4011
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc746
Weekly Calc1,427
Total Score2,173
Rankings
Year Ranking#94
Decade Ranking#847
Billboard Year#95
Top 5000#6,523
Details
- Genre
- Contemporary R&B
- Media Type
- DD
- Duration
- 3:22
- Composer(s)
- Mariah Carey;Miguel Pimentel;Nathan Perez;Brook Davis;Mac Robinson;Brian Keith Warfield
- Entered Chart
- May 25, 2013
- Peak Date
- Jun 22, 2013
- Released
- May 6, 2013
- Recorded
- 2013
- Catalog #
- Island Digital
Music Video
The music video for "#Beautiful" was directed by Joseph Kahn, who previously directed the music video for Carey's "Boy (I Need You)" (2003). It was filmed on April 21 and 22, 2013. The video was supposed to have its world premiere on American Idol on May 8, 2013, however, the release date was pushed back to May 9, 2013, instead. It was made available to view on Vevo and YouTube immediately after its television debut. The video has a simple production and it lasts for 3 minutes and 22 seconds where Carey appears wearing a short yellow dress with a jump read shoe line done by the French designer Christian Louboutin. Shortly before its launch, Khan posted on his Twitter: "The video is really simple. Had not much time to produce it. But Mariah is beautiful. Taste of simplicity." In May 2013, Carey released the video with images of the backstage and by May 27 Carey uploaded the explicit version of the song through her VEVO account titled "#Beautiful (Explicit Version)". The video starts with Carey riding on the back of Miguel's bike as he asks her through the lyrics of the song to hop on the back of your bike. Images are interspersed with scenes of Carey running her hands through the air while she and Miguel ride into the sunset. Carey makes various movements with her body around a barn, while Miguel sits in a red convertible. Mariah is then illuminated by the headlights, and Miguel is dazzled by her beauty. Sam Lansky of Idolator commented that "the clip is not complicated, it's basically an opportunity for Mariah look amazing, what she does! Her body is sexy and she seems to have about half her age in a superior culture". Malachi of The Honesty Hour commented on the work: "Carey felt all over herself for most of the video" and "Miguel seemed very soft in his biker gear, too. still said that video is a great addition to the single". Jason Lipshutz of Billboard described the clip as "flirtatious", noting that it only provides a platform different from Mimi to be a diva, "Carey rotates with a short yellow dress for him [Miguel], the brightness of the headlights provide a spotlight for the singer improvised. James Robertson of the British newspaper Daily Mirror commented that "the song could have been written about stuffed animals or how cement – Mariah Carey would have still found a way to make the music video sexy
Notes
R&B singer Miguel joins Mariah Carey as the duo harmonize sensual lyrics of praise to a lover. The throwback lead single from Carey's fourteenth studio album was written and produced by the two singers and released on May 6, 2013. Carey told Ryan Seacrest why she wanted to hook up with Miguel on the song. "I'm a huge fan of his music and as I think everybody's just so blown away by him right now," she said. "We got together. He had started writing this song with just the guitar riff. He's the truth." Miguel has been a fan of Carey since the 1990s. He said: "I mean I fell in love with Mariah Carey when she walked out of the pool in that 'Honey' video; that was it. And I've had a huge crush on her ever since." The song's music video was directed by Joseph Kahn who has previously directed promos for Nicole Scherzinger ("Poison"), Ciara ("Got Me Good"), Kylie Minogue ("All the Lovers") and Maroon 5 ("Misery"). "It's about... It's the antithesis of the person you see on American Idol," Carey told Seacrest about the clip. Miguel said to Billboard magazine of the collaboration with the songstress: "Mariah [Carey] is so fast. Her mind is extremely sharp. I didn't really know what to expect, how involved she would be creatively but ... she was really behind the vision of '#Beautiful' being a duet between her and I. The video went with all of that. She's a mastermind." So why the hashtag in the title? Miguel explained to MTV News: "The hashtag in the title of this song is particularly fitting because the word that comes before 'beautiful' when I sing the chorus is an expletive that I can't say on air," he said referring to the F-word he utters on the song's hook. "But the hashtag is particularly fitting for that expletive, if you just kind of pay a little bit of attention." Mariah Carey and Miguel recorded several remixes, including ones featuring A$AP Rocky and Jeezy, as well as a Spanglish version titled "Hermosa." Miguel intended this for his own Kaleidoscope Dream album, but he couldn't put his finger on what was missing. "The chorus, verse, and music were pretty much done," he told Entertainment Weekly. "It was one of those songs where I was like, 'This is pretty much all the story I have. There's nothing else to this story. Maybe this is more of an interlude.' I didn't understand then, but I obviously understand now: I needed Mariah Carey. The song found her. And she finished it." Although the album peaked at #3 in the US and received positive reviews by critics, it was the lowest-selling album of Carey's career up to that point, garnering just 127,000 sales by 2015.
Ah, ah, you're beautiful (Yeah) Ohh Ah, ah, you're beautiful Hop on the back of my bike Let the good wind blow through your hair With an ass like that and a smile so bright Oh, you're killing me, you know it ain't fair, yeah Ride on through the middle of the night Let the moonlight kiss your skin When you dance like that, your jeans so tight Oh, you're killing me, baby do it again, yeah You're beautiful and your mind is fucking beautiful And I can't pretend that that doesn't mean a thing to me, to me, yeah You're beautiful, good Lord, you're fucking beautiful And I can't pretend that that doesn't mean a thing to me, to me, yeah, yeah I like when you run red lights Don't stop 'til you thrill me, oh how you thrill me Always in control, how you do it, I don't know But I don't care, take me anywhere 'Cause it's beautiful, ooh you make me feel undressable And I can't pretend that doesn't mean a thing to me, to me, oh yeah You're beautiful and your mind is fucking beautiful And I can't pretend that that doesn't mean a thing to me, to me, yeah You're beautiful, good Lord, you're fucking beautiful (oh-oh-oh-oh, so beautiful) And I can't pretend that that doesn't mean a thing to me, to me, yeah, yeah Oh, oh, oh, oh, (ah, ah, you're beautiful) (Yeah, yeah) Oh, oh, oh, oh (Ah, ah, you're beautiful) You don't know what you're doing, darling Oh, oh, oh, oh (ohh) (Ah, ah, you're beautiful) Hop on back my bike darling Oh, oh, oh, oh (oh, I'll take you) (Ah, ah, you're beautiful) Hey Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-ooh Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-ooh (don't you worry darling) Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-ooh (ah, ah, you're beautiful) Whoa, ooh-ooh, whoa, ooh-ooh (ah, ah, you're beautiful)
Chart History (16 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 25, 2013 | 24 | 102 |
| 2 | Jun 1, 2013 | 20 | 106 |
| 3 | Jun 8, 2013 | 20 | 106 |
| 4 | Jun 15, 2013 | 17 | 109 |
| 5 | Jun 22, 2013 | 15 | 111 |
| 6 | Jun 29, 2013 | 15 | 111 |
| 7 | Jul 6, 2013 | 16 | 110 |
| 8 | Jul 13, 2013 | 17 | 109 |
| 9 | Jul 20, 2013 | 17 | 109 |
| 10 | Jul 27, 2013 | 23 | 103 |
| 11 | Aug 3, 2013 | 37 | 89 |
| 12 | Aug 10, 2013 | 54 | 72 |
| 13 | Aug 17, 2013 | 60 | 66 |
| 14 | Aug 24, 2013 | 73 | 53 |
| 15 | Aug 31, 2013 | 86 | 40 |
| 16 | Sep 7, 2013 | 95 | 31 |