Beautiful by Christina Aguilera

By Linda Perry

Written by Linda Perry, "Beautiful" was recorded and released in 2002 by Christina Aquilera on her fourth album Stripped. It won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and was nominated for the 2004 Song of the Year. It peaked at Number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold. It also topped the charts in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the U.K. Rolling Stone Magazine and VH1 have listed it as one of the best songs of the 2000s.