Broken & Beautiful (song)

"Broken & Beautiful"
Single by Kelly Clarkson
from the album UglyDolls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Released	March 27, 2019 (2019-03-27)
Recorded	2018
Genre	Electropop
Length	3:39
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Christopher Comstock Steve Mac Johnny McDaid Alecia Moore
Producer(s)	Marshmello Steve Mac
Kelly Clarkson singles chronology
"Heat" (2018) "Broken & Beautiful" (2019) "I Dare You" (2020)

"Broken & Beautiful" is a song by American singer Kelly Clarkson from the soundtrack to the 2019 animated film UglyDolls . It was produced by American DJ Marshmello with British producer Steve Mac, both of whom had co-written the song with American singer Pink and Irish musician Johnny McDaid. The song was released by Atlantic Records as the soundtrack's lead single on March 27, 2019.

Description

"Broken & Beautiful" is an uplifting electropop ^[1] anthem ^[2] written by Pink, Johnny McDaid, Marshmello, and Steve Mac, and produced by the latter two. ^[3] It was released by Atlantic Records as the lead single to the soundtrack to the 2019 animated musical comedy film UglyDolls , to which Clarkson plays a lead role. ^[3] In the song, the singer is searching for someone to love her as she is. ^[2] Beginning with a four-chord synth pulse, the track utilizes a quiet-loud dynamic, with Clarkson belting in a high register on the chorus. ^[1]

Commercial performance

"Broken & Beautiful" debuted on the Billboard Kid Digital Song Sales chart on the week ending April 6, 2019, at number 4 and rose to the top of the chart the following week. ^{[4] [5]} That same week, it also entered the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart at number 25 with 9,000 digital song sales,. ^{[6] [7]} the Billboard Canadian Digital Song Sales chart at number 30, ^[8] the Official New Zealand Hot Singles Chart at number 35, ^[9] and on the Australian ARIA Digital Track Chart at number 48. ^[10]

Music video

The music video for the single was released on April 25, 2019, and was directed by Jay Martin. ^{[11] [12]}

Live performances

From March 28–30, 2019, Clarkson premiered "Broken & Beautiful" live on the last three shows of her Meaning of Life Tour in Duluth, Georgia, Nashville, Tennessee and Greenville, South Carolina, respectively. ^[13] At the conclusion of the STX Films' presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, she performed a rendition of the song. ^[14] She has also performed it in live television: premiering on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on April 3, 2019, and later on The Today Show the following morning. ^[15] On April 30, 2019, she performed it on The Voice , and the 2019 Billboard Music Awards on May 1, 2019.

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Broken & Beautiful" Chart (2019–2020) Peak position Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA) [10] 48 Canada (Hot Canadian Digital Songs) [16] 23 Canada Hot AC ( Billboard ) [17] 38 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [9] 32 Scotland (OCC) [18] 89 US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [19] 6 US Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [20] 9 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [21] 20 US Adult Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [22] 12

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "Broken & Beautiful" Chart (2019) Position US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) [23] 47 US Kid Digital Song Sales (Billboard) [24] 3

Certifications

Certifications for "Broken & Beautiful"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [25]	Gold	15,000‡
United States (RIAA) [26]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Credits and personnel

• Kelly Clarkson - vocals
• Marshmello - songwriter, production, programmer
• Steve Mac - songwriter, production
• Alecia Moore - songwriter
• Johnny McDaid - songwriter
• Manny Marroquin - mixer
• Robin Florent - mixer
• Scott Desmarais - mixer

Release history

List of releases showing region, date, format, record label, catalog number and reference

Region	Date	Format	Label	Catalog number	Ref.
Various	March 27, 2019	Streaming	Atlantic	USAT21901877	[27]
United States		Contemporary hit radio	Atlantic Elektra	—	[15]
		Hot adult contemporary radio			[28]

References

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