The song ended 2007 as the year's 15th biggest-selling single in the UK. It remained on top of the UK Singles Chart for four weeks before being knocked off by the Sugababes' first single from their fifth studio album Change, ' About You Now'. It has also gone on to occupy the top spot on the US Hot 100 Airplay and the Canadian Hot 100. Kingston became the first artist born within the 1990s to top the Hot 100, beating rapper Soulja Boy Tell 'Em to it by six weeks. 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'). On July 24, 'Beautiful Girls' was accidentally leaked onto the US iTunes Store, two days before the planned release date. The song benefited from extensive airplay before its digital release, reaching as high as number 17 on the Hot 100. Official remix featuring Lil Mama – (3:50).Official remix featuring Fabolous and Lil' Boosie – (3:28).'Beautiful Girls' (remix) (featuring Fabolous and Lil' Boosie) – 3:27.

'Beautiful Girls' (instrumental) – 3:40.

'Beautiful Girls' (album version) – 4:02.

'Beautiful Girls' (instrumental) – 3:45.

'Beautiful Girls' (main version) – 3:45.

The edited version also changed the line 'Damn all these beautiful girls' to 'Man, all these beautiful girls', and 'When I went away for doing my first crime' became 'When I'd rush back just to see you in time'. FM104 replaced 'suicidal' with 'in denial', a change Sean Kingston made for the radio station. It was allegedly pulled from 2FM although a spokesperson said the song was not on its playlist at the time but did not confirm if it had been prior. Lyrics controversy ĭue to the lyrics containing references to suicide, the track was removed from various radio playlists including FM104 in Dublin, where complaints were phoned in on a late night chat show, The Adrian Kennedy Phoneshow, and Wild 102 in Roseau, Minnesota. 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.

The song is about a boy who feels ' suicidal' (or 'in denial' in the edited version) over the prospect of dating a 'beautiful girl'. ' Beautiful Girls' is the debut single by reggae-influenced musician Sean Kingston from his 2007 eponymous debut album it was first released in 2007, when Kingston was 17.

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