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Beautiful Girls (Sean Kingston song)
"Beautiful Girls"
Single by Sean Kingston
from the album Sean Kingston
ReleasedMay 26, 2007 (2007-05-26)
Recorded2007
Genre
Length
  • 4:02 (album version)
  • 3:43 (radio edit)
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Sean Kingston singles chronology
"Beautiful Girls"
(2007)
"Me Love"
(2007)
Music video
"Beautiful Girls" on YouTube

"Beautiful Girls" is the debut single by Jamaican-American singer and rapper Sean Kingston from his 2007 eponymous debut album; it was first released in 2007, when Kingston was 17 and is considered his signature song. The song is about a boy who feels "suicidal" (a radio edit changes this to "in denial") over the prospect of dating a "beautiful girl" only to have her break up with him.

The song samples the 1961 song "Stand by Me" by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King.[3]

Rapper Lil Mama and actors Kenny Vibert and Lil' JJ are featured in the music video directed by Marcus Raboy, which hit 1 billion YouTube views on September 8, 2022.[4]

Lyrics controversy

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Due to the lyrics containing references to suicide, the song was ineligible to be played on Radio Disney. A re-recorded, clean version with new lyrics was added to the Radio Disney playlist on September 3, 2007.[5] On September 21, 2007, it was reported that the original version of the song was removed from the radio playlist of FM104 in Dublin due to the suicide references.[6]

Track listing

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UK CD single

  1. "Beautiful Girls" (album version) – 4:02
  2. "Beautiful Girls" (a cappella) – 3:41
  3. "Beautiful Girls" (instrumental) – 3:40
  4. "Beautiful Girls" (remix) (featuring Fabolous and Lil' Boosie) – 3:27
  5. "Beautiful Girls" (video)

Chart performance

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The week after the song's digital release it hit number one on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs, debuting with 260,000 downloads in its first week (the second highest digital sales for a new song of 2007, only behind Rihanna's "Umbrella").[7] Kingston became the first artist born in the 1990s to top the Hot 100.[8] It has also occupied the top spot on the US Hot 100 Airplay and the Canadian Hot 100. It remained on top of the UK Singles Chart for four weeks. The song ended 2007 as the year's 15th biggest-selling single in the UK.[9] On the ARIA charts in Australia, it debuted at number one.

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[65] Platinum 70,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[66] Gold 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[67] 2× Platinum 80,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[68] Platinum 15,000^
Germany (BVMI)[69] Platinum 300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[70] 5× Platinum 150,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[71] Gold 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[72] 3× Platinum 1,800,000
United States (RIAA)[73]
Digital
Platinum 1,000,000*
Ringtone
Canada (Music Canada)[74] 3× Platinum 120,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[75]
Ringtone
Platinum 20,000*
United States (RIAA)[76] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

JoJo version

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"Beautiful Girls Reply"
Song by JoJo
ReleasedJuly 20, 2007 (2007-07-20)
Recorded2007
GenreR&B
Length3:32
Label
Songwriter(s)Joanna "JoJo" Levesque
Producer(s)J.R. Rotem

"Beautiful Girls" (also known as "Beautiful Girls Reply") is a song by American singer JoJo. It was released digitally on July 20, 2007, as a cover response to "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston.[77] The song samples Ben E. King's "Stand by Me". Whereas Kingston's version is about a boy who is suicidal over the failure of his relationship with a "beautiful girl", JoJo speaks from a girl's perspective.

Chart performance

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The song debuted at number 39 on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart one month after its release.

Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)[78] 39

See also

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