Beautiful (Miliyah Kato song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Beautiful
| cover = File:MiliyahBeautiful.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| type = single
| artist = Miliyah Kato
| album = Rose
| B-side = At the Fever
| released = {{Start date|2004|11|17}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=54}}
| label = Mastersix Foundation
| writer = {{hlist|Miliyah Kato|Minoru Komori}}
| producer = {{hlist|Hiroshi Matsui|Dev Large}}
| prev_title = Never Let Go
| prev_title2 = Yozora
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Dear Lonely Girl
| next_year = 2005
| misc =
}}
"Beautiful" is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Miliyah Kato from her debut studio album Rose (2005). The song was written by Minoru Komori and Kato herself, while the production was done by Hiro Matsui. The single was released for the two versions of CD and digital download on 17 November 2004 through Mastersix Foundation as the second single from Rose. The limited version of the CD accompanied the bonus DVD featuring the two music videos, "Beautiful (BR Remix)" and "Yozora".
"Beautiful" is a up-tempo J-pop track with the elements of R&B and hip-hop. The single peaked at number 26 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.{{cite web|title=加藤ミリヤのシングル売上ランキング|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/343371/rank/single/|website=Oricon|accessdate=13 January 2021}} The song served as the commercial song to the Lotte chewing gum brand Pure White Gum and the theme song to the Japanese television show Ryuha-R.{{cite web|title=加藤 ミリヤ「Beautiful」の楽曲ページ|url=https://recochoku.jp/song/S13225530/|website=RecoChoku|accessdate=19 January 2021}}{{cite web|title=Beautiful/加藤ミリヤ|url=https://mysound.jp/song/45813/|website=MySound|accessdate=19 January 2021}} The single's B-side track, "At the Fever" is a hip-hop track featuring the four Japanese rappers, Twigy, Nipps, Dev Large, and Shinnosk8. The song was later released as the promotional single for 12-inch single on 26 January 2005.{{cite web|title=Miliyah* – At The Fever|url=https://www.discogs.com/ja/Miliyah-At-The-Fever/release/6198348|website=Discogs|accessdate=19 January 2021}}
Commercial performance
In Japan, "Beautiful" debuted at its peak, number 28 on Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, with the sales of 6,943 copies. It stayed on the chart for nine weeks, selling 16,272 copies in total.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = CD single/digital download
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| total_length = {{duration|m=19|s=14}}
| title1 = Beautiful
| writer1 = {{hlist|Miliyah Kato|Minoru Komori}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Hiro Matsui}}
| length1 = {{duration|m=4|s=54}}
| title2 = At the Fever
| note2 = featuring Twigy, Nipps, Dev Large, Shinnosuk8
| writer2 = {{hlist|Kato|Twigy|H. Kimura|H. Kon|Shinnosuk8}}
| extra2 = Dev Large
| length2 = {{duration|m=4|s=54}}
| title3 = Never Let Go
| note3 = Dance Hall Remix featuring Rudeboy Face
| writer3 = {{hlist|Kato}}
| extra3 =
| length3 = {{duration|m=4|s=14}}
| title4 = Beautiful
| note4 = BR Remix
| writer4 = {{hlist|Kato|Komori}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Shingo. S}}
| length4 = {{duration|m=5|12}}
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited edition bonus DVD
| extra_column = Director(s)
| total_length = {{duration|m=|s=}}
| title1 = Beautiful
| note1 = BR Remix / Music video
| writer1 = {{hlist|Miliyah Kato|Minoru Komori}}
| length1 = Shintaro Ehara
| title2 = Yozora
| note2 = Music video
| writer2 = {{hlist|Kato|M. Takesue|H. Kon}}
| length2 =
}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Chart (2004)
! scope="col" | Peak |
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| Japan (Oricon)
|style="text-align:center;"|26 |
Certification and sales
{{Certification Table Top}}
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! scope="row"| Japan (RIAJ)
| {{n/a|None}}
| 16,272 {{small|(CD)}}
|-
|}
Release history
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Catalogue Num. ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| Ref. |
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| scope="row" rowspan="3"|Japan
|rowspan="3"| 17 November 2004 | Digital download | |rowspan="3"| Mastersix Foundation | {{cite web|title=Beautiful - EP|url=https://music.apple.com/jp/album/beautiful-ep/631091128|website=iTunes|accessdate=19 January 2021}} |
| CD
| SRCL-5854 | {{cite web|title=Beautiful|url=https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/3890301/?l-id=search-c-item-img-02|website=Rakuten|accessdate=19 January 2021}} |
| CD+DVD
| SRCL-5852/3 | {{cite web|title=Beautiful|url=https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/3890300/?l-id=search-c-item-text-01|website=Rakuten|accessdate=19 January 2021}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Miliyah Kato}}
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