Beautiful (Miliyah Kato song)

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"Beautiful"
Single by Miliyah Kato
from the album Rose
B-side"At the Fever"
ReleasedNovember 17, 2004 (2004-11-17)
Genre
Length4:54
LabelMastersix Foundation
Songwriter(s)
  • Miliyah Kato
  • Minoru Komori
Producer(s)
  • Hiroshi Matsui
  • Dev Large
Miliyah Kato singles chronology
"Never Let Go" / "Yozora"
(2004)
"Beautiful"
(2004)
"Dear Lonely Girl"
(2005)

"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.[1] 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.[2][3] 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.[4]

Commercial performance[edit]

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.[1]

Track listing[edit]

CD single/digital download
No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s)Length
1."Beautiful"
  • Miliyah Kato
  • Minoru Komori
  • Hiro Matsui
4:54
2."At the Fever" (featuring Twigy, Nipps, Dev Large, Shinnosuk8)
  • Kato
  • Twigy
  • H. Kimura
  • H. Kon
  • Shinnosuk8
Dev Large4:54
3."Never Let Go" (Dance Hall Remix featuring Rudeboy Face)
  • Kato
 4:14
4."Beautiful" (BR Remix)
  • Kato
  • Komori
  • Shingo. S
12:00:00
Total length:19:14
Limited edition bonus DVD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Beautiful" (BR Remix / Music video)
  • Miliyah Kato
  • Minoru Komori
Shintaro Ehara
2."Yozora" (Music video)
  • Kato
  • M. Takesue
  • H. Kon
 

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon)[1] 26

Certification and sales[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[1] None 16,272 (CD)

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format Catalogue Num. Label Ref.
Japan 17 November 2004 Digital download Mastersix Foundation [5]
CD SRCL-5854 [6]
CD+DVD SRCL-5852/3 [7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "加藤ミリヤのシングル売上ランキング". Oricon. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. ^ "加藤 ミリヤ「Beautiful」の楽曲ページ". RecoChoku. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Beautiful/加藤ミリヤ". MySound. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Miliyah* – At The Fever". Discogs. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Beautiful - EP". iTunes. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Beautiful". Rakuten. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Beautiful". Rakuten. Retrieved 19 January 2021.