"Beautiful" is a song by American rapper Snoop Dogg featuring vocals by Pharrell Williams and Charlie Wilson. Was released in January 21, 2003 as the second single for his sixth studio album. The song was produced by the duo The Neptunes. The music video was filmed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The song was a sleeper hit, reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100, and number two on Rap Songs, and was successful in other countries such as Australia and New Zealand, where it peaked at number four. With that success, the radio version of the song was featured on the 2003 compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 12.

It was directed by Chris Robinson of Partizan Entertainment and produced by Renata Chuquer. 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. 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. Snoop Dogg wears a Lance Alworth jersey number 19. The scene features Brazilian model, Luciana Malavasi 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.

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