"Beautiful as You" is a song by American country music singer Thomas Rhett. It was released on May 13, 2024, as the first single from his seventh studio album, About a Woman. The song was written by Rhett, Rocky Block, Joshua Coleman, Alexander Izquiero, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, John Ryan and Zaire Kelsey, and produced by Coleman, Julian Bunetta, Ryan and Dann Huff. The song reached #2 on the Country Airplay chart on the week ending November 30, 2024, behind "I Am Not Okay" by Jelly Roll.
Background and content Rhett discussed "Beautiful as You" in an interview with iHeartCountry:
Rhett also noted that the reason for releasing this song as the first single was "just sort of reminded me of how I used to kind of start my records, sort of with a big swing, different sound, sonically different, melodically different, and a song that my kids just really, really enjoyed and danced to, so it seemed like the right first choice to us."
The song was inspired by Rhett's wife Lauren Akins, and is a self-deprecating song about dating someone more beautiful than you.
Critical reception Billy Dukes of website Taste of Country compared the song's pop style melody to Rhett's third studio album, Life Changes.
Chart performance "Beautiful as You" debuted at number one on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart for the week of May 25, 2024. After a four week stay on the charts, it debuted at number 96 on the Billboard Hot 100.
This song topped the UK Country Airplay for three weeks.
Track listing
Digital EP "Beautiful as You" – 2:44 "Beautiful as U" – 2:43 "Beautiful as U" (Vavo Remix) – 2:17 "Beautiful as You" (Acoustic) – 2:43 "Beautiful as You" (Live from the 59th ACM Awards) – 2:53
Personnel Credits adapted from AllMusic.
Thomas Rhett – vocals Ammo – drums, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, producer, programming Dann Huff – acoustic guitar, Producer Jeff Gunnell – recording John Ryan – drums, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, producer, programming, background vocals Julian Bunetta – drums, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, producer, programming, recording Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordination Zai1k – background vocals Alex Ghenea – mixing Harrison Tate – mastering engineer Nathan Dantzler – mastering engineer
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for "Beautiful as You" Chart (2024) Peakposition Australia Country Hot 50 (The Music) 11 UK Country Airplay (Radiomonitor) 1
Year-end charts + 2024 year-end performance for "Beautiful as You" Chart (2024) Position US Country Airplay (Billboard) 54 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) 46 + 2025 year-end performance for "Beautiful as You" Chart (2025) Position US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) 100
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