
Minaj started teasing her fans, on October 11, by tweeting: "the barbz have a BIG surprise coming tomorrow." Bieber retweet it in a few moments later. The next day, September 8, Minaj tweeted: "Just wrapped a very VERY cool video." and was retweeted by Bieber. This confirmed that the video was filmed. Nick DeMoura, a backup dancer of Bieber, said on his tweeter "Tonight is the night beauty and a beat video" and was retweeted by Bieber. On September 7, Alfredo Flores, a director who works frequently with Bieber, tweeted: "We about to shoot a video". The song is also included on " Believe Acoustic", but with an acoustic version, and not featuring Minaj's verse. With Beauty and a Beat entering the Top Ten on Billboard Hot 100, Nicki Minaj tied with Missy Elliott for having the most Top Ten entires, which is nine. I felt she just fit on the song perfectly." Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly called the song "urban swagger". It has been certified 3x Platinum in Australia and Canada, 2x Platinum in the US, Platinum in New Zealand and Norway, and Gold in Italy.īieber spoke upon the collaboration with Minaj, saying: "I wanted a female rapper and I think that she is the best choice. It re-entered at #71 after it's official release. It debuted at #72 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart prior to its release. A music video was filmed on September 7 and 8, and premiered on October 12, 2012. It was released in the UK on November 12, 2012, and officially impacted US Mainstream Radio on November 13, 2012. It was written by Max Martin, Anton Zaslavski, Savan Kotecha and Minaj, and produced by both Martin and Zaslavski. The song is the third single from the album. " Beauty and a Beat" is a song by Justin Bieber from his third studio album Believe, which features guest vocals from Nicki Minaj. Max Martin, Anton Zaslavski, Savan Kotecha, Onika Maraj
