Beauty and a Beat

"Beauty and a Beat"
Single by Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj
from the album Believe
Released	October 24, 2012
Recorded	May 4, 2012
Genre	EDM electropop
Length	3:47
Label	Island RBMG Schoolboy
Songwriter(s)	Max Martin Anton Zaslavski Savan Kotecha Onika Maraj
Producer(s)	Max Martin Zedd
Justin Bieber singles chronology
"As Long as You Love Me" (2012) "Beauty and a Beat" (2012) "Right Here" (2013)
Nicki Minaj singles chronology
"Automatic" (2012) "Beauty and a Beat" (2012) "Freedom" (2012)
Music video
"Beauty and a Beat" on YouTube

"Beauty and a Beat" is a song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber from his third studio album Believe (2012). It features rapper Nicki Minaj, who co-wrote it with Savan Kotecha, Max Martin and Zedd. It was also produced by the latter two with a heavy drum machine and "rushing" synthesizers.^[1] Lyrically, it speaks about Bieber wanting to take his love interest to a club, where they can "party like it's 3012". It is the only song from Believe that Bieber did not co-write. The song became the third official single from the album.

Following the release of Believe, "Beauty and a Beat" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at 72 due to strong digital downloads. After the release of the song's music video, it re-entered the Hot 100 at number 72 and peaked at 5.^[2] It also debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at 47.