"Beautiful Life" is a song performed by Nick Fradiani. It was released as his debut single after he won the fourteenth season of the reality competition ''

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''. The song was written by

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, Rykeyz, Ayanna Elese.

Background

The song was written by

of the rock band

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together with his friends Rykeyz and Ayanna Elese. According to Carrabba, the song was written in "a little bit of a vacuum," and how it came to be submitted to ''Idol'' was "still a blur" to him. It was given to Fradiani as his coronation song. Fradiani first heard the song the day after making Idol's top three and recognized Chris Carrabba's voice who he said he was a fan of since high school. Fradiani described the single as "

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meets the

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meets me" and he was happy how it came out.

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, the mentor on the show, thought that the song won Fradiani the competition. The song was released for sale after Fradiani performed the song in the final two performance night on May 12, 2015.

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, who broadcast ''American Idol'', used "Beautiful Life" as its official promotional song for its coverage of the

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Commercial performance

The song debuted on the ''Billboard''

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at No. 93, selling 50,000 copies in its first week. The song also debuted on the US Digital Songs chart at No. 22, and the Hot Canadian Digital Song chart at No. 48.

Music video

A promotional music video featuring footage of the

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was released by Fox in May 2015, advertising

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' coverage of the Women's World Cup. The official music video was released on July 23, 2015. Directed by Shane Drake, the video was shot in Nashville in a single night. "In the video, Fradiani hangs out with friends on what is his last evening before setting out to make his musical dreams come true. The group sneaks past a fence and hangs out in an abandoned building, gets pizza at a local parlor, and caps off the night with beers before saying heartfelt goodbyes."

Charts

References

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