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. It was released on January 21, 2003, as the second single from the former's sixth

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. The song was written by Snoop Dogg alongside producers

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). The music video was filmed in

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. The song reached number six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number two on the

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chart; it was also successful in other countries such as Australia and New Zealand, where it peaked at number four.

Music video

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in the grounds of a 1920s mansion between the Lagoa and the Botanic Gardens, at the base of the Corcovado. 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. During the video, Snoop Dogg wears a #31

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Track listing

*CD single #"Beautiful" (Radio Edit) (featuring Pharrell) — 4:04 #"Beautiful" (Instrumental) — 4:21 #"Ballin'" (Clean Version) (featuring The Dramatics, Lil' Half Dead) — 5:19 #"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 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. 5''. *A remix with

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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