An accompanying music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund, and earned Aguilera a GLAAD Media Award for its positive portrayal of gay and transgender people. "Beautiful" has been widely embraced as an anthem by the LGBT community for its message of self-empowerment and inner-beauty. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, where it was certified Gold for 500,000 units shipped. "Beautiful" was also a commercial success, topping the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Romania, and the United Kingdom. It won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and was also nominated for Song of the Year at the 2004 ceremony. "Beautiful" received universal acclaim from music critics, who have ranked it among Aguilera's strongest material. The song was later re-recorded in an electronic style, entitled "You Are What You Are (Beautiful)", for her first greatest hits album Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits (2008). Aguilera commented that she put "her heart and her soul" into the track, which she felt represented the theme of Stripped. Lyrically, it discusses inner-beauty, as well as self-esteem and insecurity.
A pop and R&B ballad, "Beautiful" was written and produced by Linda Perry. It was released as the album's second single on November 16, 2002. " Beautiful" is a song recorded by American singer Christina Aguilera for her fourth studio album, Stripped (2002).
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