"Beautiful Goodbye" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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artist

Jennifer Hanson Jennifer Kathleen Hanson (born August 10, 1973) is an American country music artist, songwriter and record producer. She made her artist debut in 2002 with the release of her single “ Beautiful Goodbye”. The song went on to become a top 20 hi ...

. It was released in July 2002 as the first single from her debut album ''

''. The song was written by Hanson and Kim Patton-Johnston.

History

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' Nashville division at the time, Fletcher Foster, said that the song was "uniquely different and could set her apart from not only all the other new artists but also the acts out there in general." Phyllis Stark of ''

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'' compared the song to

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Chart performance

"Beautiful Goodbye" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. ''

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chart for the week of August 3, 2002.

References

{{authority control 2002 debut singles 2002 songs Jennifer Hanson songs Song recordings produced by Greg Droman Songs written by Kim McLean Songs written by Jennifer Hanson Capitol Records Nashville singles