The song reached number six on the
Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the
Rap Songs chart; it was also successful in other countries such as Australia and New Zealand, where it peaked at number four.[1]
Music video
It was directed by
Chris Robinson of Partizan Entertainment, was produced by Karen Gainer and the production manager was Renata Chuquer.[2] It reached the 6th spot on the LAUNCH Music Videos Top 100.
The first video set took place in
Escadaria Selarón, Lapa district,
Rio de Janeiro.[3] The
Brazil-colored yellow-green-blue stairways were fabricated by Selaron 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
Parque Lage in the grounds of a 1920s mansion between the Lagoa and the Botanic Gardens, at the base of the Corcovado.[4] The scene features Brazilian actress/model, Michelle Martins as Snoop Dogg's love affair. Snoop is surrounded by a group of drummers, who play a long drum interlude that is unincluded 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.
"Beautiful" (Vídeo) (Directed By Chris Robinson) — 5:27
Personnel
Produced by The Neptunes.
Recorded by Andrew Coleman.
Mixed by Pat Viala for Pat 'em Down Music
Written by C. Broadus, P. Williams, C. Hugo
Published by Chad Chase Music/EMI-Blackwood Music (ASCAP)/Waters of Nazareth Publishing/EMI-Blackwood Music (BMI); My Own Chit Music/EMI Blackwood Inc. (BMI)
Pharrell appears courtesy of Virgin Records
Awards
Grammy
Category
Genre
Song
Year
Result
"Producer of the Year, Non-Classical" (for The Neptunes)
Production and engineering
"Beautiful"
2004
Won
Best Rap Song songwriter (Snoop Dogg with
Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams)
Rap
"Beautiful"
2004
Nominated
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (Snoop Dogg with Pharrell Williams and
Charlie Wilson)
Rap
"Beautiful"
2004
Nominated
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
Remixes
A solo remix with Charlie Wilson was a part of Snoop Dogg's Welcome 2 tha Chuuuch Mixtape Vol. 2. [7]
A remix with
50 Cent and
Lloyd Banks can be found on G-Unit Radio Pt. 1: Smokin' Day 2.
A freestyle used by
Rick Ross to Atlanta rapper
T.I. It can be found on
YouTube.
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.